US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to fulfill his important campaign promise to close the Department of Education.
According to the White House summary I saw it By Reuters, the move has made it no longer like that in the division called “big fraud” by Trump. The plan is to move many of the departmental duties to the state, as well as other institutions where the curriculum was decided.
Trump's new education secretary, Linda McMahon, defended the president's initiative and achieved what would be his first shutdown of cabinet-level agents.
As reported by Breitbart News, the Trump administration is already struggling with institutions.
That workforce has been cut in half and is deeply reduced to the Civil Rights Bureau and the Institute of Education and Sciences.
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According to Reuters, the order tells McMahon: “We are taking all the necessary steps to bring the Department of Education closure back to the state, while continuing to ensure effective and uninterrupted benefits for the services, programs and benefits Americans rely on.”
NPR Report The closure has been anticipated since early February, when the White House revealed its intentions but withheld until after confirmation by the Senate of McMahon.
It has arrived more than a week after the Trump administration has already begun to wipe out layoffs in the education sector.
On the 2024 election platform, Trump promised to close the department, “send it back to the state it belongs,” citing its neglected dol, false priorities, and ejected almost all taxpayer dollars.
USA TODAY It was the first Report the news Thursday's signature.
