Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does

By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY
Updated 2:48 PM EST, March 6, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department.

McMahon was confirmed by the Senate on Monday, and an executive order to shutter the department could come as soon as this week. McMahon told employees it was the department’s “final mission” to eliminate bureaucratic bloat and turn over the agency’s authority to states.

Eliminating the department altogether would be a cumbersome task, which likely would require an act of Congress.

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The agency’s main role is financial. Annually, it distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean redistributing each of those duties to another agency. The Education Department also plays an important regulatory role in services for students, ranging from those with disabilities to low-income and homeless kids.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/education-department-trump-ab509ad5778497dfbd6d53b9eef692b5

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1. Susan Collins is concerned about that. nt

[WinstonSmith4740]

4. Yes...

But did she say she was "very" concerned, and furrow her eyebrows? Otherwise, it doesn't count.

[Bengus81]

6. Has she ever said: I...thought he learned his lesson n/t

[Linda ladeewolf]

2. Well, he does love the uneducated!

Translation: tRump loves stupid, ignorant, uneducated people,

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. It's not rocket science people - more privitazation, more money for red states - less money for blue states.

Welcome to Trumplandia.

[Escaped Floridian]

5. Without Reagan's cuts to Education in the 1980s...

...Trump would never have become president in the first place. As ye sow, so shall ye reap!

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. The main reason they are doing this.

The Education Department also plays an important regulatory role in services for students, ranging from those with disabilities to low-income and homeless kids.

They know they cannot have educated people. So, they complain and whine about it so that they can change it to make sure the new generations learn nothing of value other than how to make their overlords richer.