President Donald Trump is expected to sign the executive order to reduce the Department of Education in the White House on Thursday, many sources told ABC News.
The President’s order will direct the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all the steps needed by the law to dissolve the Ministry of Education, according to the source.
This step has been for months in making and will help the president fulfill his campaign promises to restore the power of education and decisions to the state.
Trump will direct McMahon, to take “all the steps needed to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return the education authority to the state,” according to the White House Summary from the orders reviewed by ABC News.
This order also calls for “delivery of services, programs and uninterrupted benefits that are relied on by Americans.” It is still unclear how the administration plans to achieve that. Source said administration had been looking for ways to move several main programs to other institutions.
Republican government. Ron Desantis from Florida, Glenn Yoo from Virginia, Greg Abbott from Texas and Mike Dewine from Ohio was among the country leaders who were expected to attend the signing ceremony at the White House, according to a White House official.
The department took the first step to save money and closed last week when stopping almost half of its employees, and shrinking significantly in size through a large -massive reduction, suspended resignation and pension purchases, according to the department.
Civil servants and supporters of the Department of Education United outside the Department in Washington, March 11, 2025.
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Trump is also expected to continue reform – promise to delete more staff from the agency and cancel it.
“I hope it will [be shut down entirely]”Trump said” full size “with Sharyl Attkisson earlier this month.” You will have some of the remaining people just to make sure [the states are] Teaching English – You know, you say reading, writing, and careful. “
However, the Congress approval was required to eliminate the federal agent, and McMahon had admitted that he would need a congress to carry out the President’s vision to close the department he had led. It takes 60 “yes” votes in the senate to overcome the Filibuster and dismantle the agent made by the congress.
Linda McMahon, Trump’s presidential candidate to become the Secretary of Education, testify before the confirmation of the Health Committee, Labor Party, and Senate Pension in Capitol Hill in Washington, February 13, 2025.
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Critics argue that departments are needed for financial assistance and vital grant programs. Educational experts suggest that closing the Department of Education can make public education funding and disproportionate affect students with high needs throughout the country who rely on authorized programs, such as the Individual Disability Education Law and Title 1, which provides funds for low-income families.
McMahon said the agency would still manage a legal program that was relied on by students from the disadvantaged background. In an interview about Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” McMahon suggested that “good” employees who manage the functions mandated by the law will not be disadvantaged by the reduction of staff.
A statement from the department said it would “continue to realize all legal programs under the scope of the agency, including formula funding, student loans, Pell grants, funding for students with special needs, and competitive grants.”
In more than four decades, Trump and Skeptic Ministry of Education believe that the agency has too much expenditure power without achieving results.
After McMahon was inaugurated, he underlined that the agency was rooted in allowing the family to choose the right to choose “quality education” so that American students were not “trapped in failed schools.”