US Education Department faces closure as Trump signs executive order
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US President Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order to shut down the Department of Education, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 20, 2025. — Reuters
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to abolish the department, and has pushed forward a long -standing Republican goal to transfer schools from the federal government to individual states.
Sitting at a desk in the Eastern Room of the White House, a schoolchildren were surrounded by Trump when he signed the order after he signed it.
Trump said the ruling “once and for everyone will begin to end the Federal Department of Education.”
“We will shut it down and close it as soon as possible,” Trump said. It is not doing anything good for us. ” “We are going to return education to the states where it is concerned.”
The Department of Education, which was formed in 1979, could not be closed without the approval of the Congress – but Trump’s order would potentially have the authority to hunger funds and staff.
The move is still a very stringent move in the brutal review of the government with the help of Trump Tikone Elon Musk and his Department of Government Performance (DOGE).
Democrats and teachers have criticized the move.
The top Democrat in the Senate, Chuck Shamar, called it “cruel power” and “Donald Trump called one of the most destructive and destructive actions ever.”
Republican leaders, including Florida governors Ron Descents and Texas’s Greg Abbott, were in the audience for the signing ceremony.
Trump has shown the move to save money and improve education standards in the United States, saying that he is behind these people in Europe and China.
But the American culture wars have been the battlefield for decades, and the Republicans have long wanted to control the federal government.
‘Beautiful day’
According to a draft AFP, the order directed Linda McMemon, the secretary of education, to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and Education Authority. “
Trump promised the campaign on the path that he would get rid of the department and bring his powers to the US states, as well as abortion rights.
The appointment of former CEO of Trump’s World Wrestling Entertainment, Mac Memon, was widely seen as a sign for the department’s guidance that his days were numbered.
But the White House had earlier said that the department was undergoing a ramp education “critical functions”, including low -income students’ loans loans and some grants.
“The Department of Education will be much smaller than today,” Press Secretary Crown Levyt told reporters before the signature.
The Heritage Foundation-a right-wing think tank that has seen many recommendations of its “project 2025” by Trump-welcomed the move.
He said on X, “This is a beautiful day to end the education department.”
Traditionally, the US government has played a limited role in education, with only 13 % of the funds coming from the federal treasury for primary and secondary schools, with only 13 % of funds being funded, providing financial support to the rest of the states and local communities.
But federal funding for students with low -income schools and special needs is invaluable. And the federal government has been essential for students to implement the key civil rights reservations.
Trump and his billionaire adviser Musk have already eliminated several other government agencies, which are effectively disabling programs and employees.
A similar move was stopped by a federal judge on Monday to abolish the US agency for international development, who said that the pressure was likely to violate the US constitution.
