President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to facilitate his longstanding goal of eliminating the Ministry of Education.
While the arrangement recognizes, it would need an act of the congress to completely close the department, Trump directed Minister of Education Linda McMahon Everything she can to reach your end.
“Today we take a very historical campaign that was 45 years in production,” he said in a signature ceremony in the East Room of the White House, which included several children at school melts. “I will sign an executive order to eliminate the removal of the Federal Ministry of Education.”
“The useful functions of the department […] Will be preserved, remained completely preserved, ”added Trump and referred to Pell grants, title -i financing and programs for students with disabilities.
“But beyond these core needs, my administration will take all the rightful steps to close the department. We will switch them off as soon as possible,” he added to the ceremony, at which Republican legislators and governors, including Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Indiana Gov. Gog, Mike, Mik. and Florida governor Ron Desantis.
The White House said on Thursday on Thursday that the educational department is still being Keep his critical functions This is prescribed by the congress.
“The Ministry of Education will be much smaller than today. As you know, President Linda McMahon’s executive order has instructed to significantly minimize the agency. Karoline Leavitt said.
“The great responsibility for the upbringing of the students of our nation will return to the states. All critical functions of the department … remain,” added Leavitt.
The Democrats quickly denounced the move, and Sen. Tina Smith (Minn.) Called it “more bulls-.”.
“We know that they just try to wear us. But I’m not overwhelmed for the recording. My zone is not flooded,” said Smith. “I will fight your illegal behavior until the cows come home, and I’m pretty sure that the hundreds of thousands of people who have contacted my office since the beginning of this nonsense are on the same side.”
Before the order was signed, the department took concrete steps to weaken itself by firing half of its employees.
McMahon at the beginning of this month stored 1,315 employees in a reduction -reducing measure that was taken after hundreds of others had already been on vacation or had taken the options for buyout. An agency that started with more than 4,000 employees now has a little more than 2,000.
Trump’s “Guideline for me is clear to close the Ministry of Education that we know that we have to work with the congress to achieve this,” said McMahon After massaging shooting.
While the GOP legisans in both chambers have proposed invoices to withdraw the federal authority, they hardly have the chance to receive the 60 necessary votes in the Senate.
It is unclear how Small the department can be In relation to the numbers, although there are certain grants and other programs that are not required by law that can be canceled more easily by the administration.
“The conclusion of the department does not mean that the means of those who rely on them to continue to support the K-12 students, students with special needs, borrowers of students and others who rely on essential programs. We will follow the law and eliminate the bureaucracy by working with the congress and the state leader to ensure a lawful and proper transition.”
The steps against the department are certainly legal challenges. In response to this, the American President of the teacher teacher, Randi Weingarten, simply said the Trump administration: “See you in court.”
The executive order takes place weeks after McMahon has informed the employees that they had to be prepared for your “last mission”. In a memo she warned “[t]His restoration will have a deep impact here in the department. ”
In her hearing in her confirmation, McMahon supported the idea of moving prescribed departmental programs such as people with disabilities in the Education Act to the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
According to media reports, the order of the executive was to end the department McMahon was confirmed.
“I said to Linda, ‘Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job'” said last month in the White House.
“We are very badly classified. And what I want to do is that the states lead schools,” he added.
A gigantic part of the opposition to McMahon’s confirmation was based on their support for the abolition of the agency.
“Now Trump and Musk have taken their demolition ball in public schools and the future of 50 million students in rural, suburban and urban communities throughout America by reducing public education to pay controls for billionaires for billionaires,” said Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association, the largest teacher union in the country in response.
“Your plans are clear and if you are put into force, the real victims will be our most endangered students. To be carried out in the educational department will send the class sizes, do vocational training programs, make university formation more expensive and not be able to reach the middle class, take out special education services for students with disabilities and merciful civil rights protection,” added.
– EDT changed at 4:52 p.m.
