Trump's SHOCKING Plan to Eliminate the Education Department!

2025-03-07 06:00:48.27

President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the Department of Education, a move his newly confirmed Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, is expected to execute. This ambitious plan, possibly commencing with an executive order this week, would necessitate a Congressional act to fully dissolve the department. The administration has already begun restructuring the department, cutting contracts deemed "woke" and wasteful, and significantly altering the Institute of Education Sciences. The department's key functions, including managing $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, overseeing financial aid programs like Pell Grants and FAFSA, and enforcing civil rights laws, would need to be reassigned. Trump has voiced criticism of Biden's student loan forgiveness initiatives and has hinted at a different approach to civil rights enforcement, prioritizing complaints of antisemitism and scrutinizing policies related to transgender athletes. He also plans to redefine college accreditation, potentially removing "radical left" accreditors. The distribution of federal funding to K-12 schools, which constitutes roughly 14% of their budgets, is also slated for change, potentially shifting oversight to the Department of Health and Human Services and ultimately converting funding to no-strings-attached state grants. Colleges and universities, more reliant on federal research grants and financial aid, would also be affected.