The new US Education Minister will actually close the ministry
President Donald Trump has prepared an order that can sign today, ordering the just -approved Minister Linda McMan to lead the liquidation of the department.
This was reported by Wall Street Journal after the publication became acquainted with a presidential order project. In it, McMan orders to prescribe « all the necessary steps to close the Department of Education » based on the « most appropriate and allowed by law ».
Trump confirmed that he wants to close the Ministry of Education immediately
| Conservative environments in the United States have been working to limit the ministry's activities since its inception in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and Parliament in Washington. It employs about 4,500 employees and this is the smallest ministry in the government. Studies show that most Americans are skeptical of the idea of eradication. |
- The defenders of the department say it is fateful for maintaining educational standards and blaming Republicans for imposing only education on which money is made.
- Closure would stop tens of billions of dollars funding for education up to 12th grade, support colleges, art programs and infrastructure renovation.
- The ministry supervises the activities of nearly 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools, although over 85% of public funding schools are withstanding state and local authorities.
- Probably the most powerful conservative activity is the control of student loans for a total of 1.6 trillion. dollars helping to study at a university of tens of millions of Americans who cannot afford fees and maintenance. Decisions of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden to simplify the repayment of these loans, which last years after graduation, are particularly criticized because their opponents believe that it is discrimination against those with opportunities they pay from their own resources.
The text of the presidential order has been preparing since Trump's victory in the election last November.
On Monday, McMan wrote to the employees when she took office – shortly after her establishment to the Senate post – that « I will return education to the United States. » According to her, the US President and US voters voted « to load us with the task of eliminating the inflated bureaucracy here in the education ministry – with one final mission – fast and responsible. »
The project of the presidential order, which is subject to change and was written before a formal decision is made, also states that « the experiment in controlling US education through federal programs and dollars – as well as from uncontrolled bureaucrats that these programs and dollars endure – fail our children, our teachers, our families. »
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Liquidation of the entire ministry requires at least 60 senators a majority in 100-seine, ie. And the support of those from the Democratic Party. The main programs, including those for students with physical disabilities and student loans, are described in laws and have solid political support. Mass dismissals cannot be done without the consent of the unions. Trump's order does not talk about parliament.
In the Senate hearing, the education minister candidate said she did not intend to shorten federal programs, but to make them more effective and that some of the changes need to be pronounced.
| In the Conservative Heritage Foundation 2025, about what the second term will look like, from which Trump is hesitantly distanced during his election campaign, a detailed road card for the liquidation of the ministry was recorded. According to this plan, the Ministry's civil rights service must move to the Ministry of Justice and the student loans should be served by the Ministry of Finance. It has also been called for the suspension of an existing school financing program according to how many low -income household students are training. |
The Trump administration has already weakened the ministry's activity by temporarily released the employees' employees and offered to resign regularly for monetary compensation. Some of the civil rights programs have been suspended, as well as grant federal means and contracts for research and improving the quality of teachers.
