Department of Education significantly dismantled in the new executive order Trump

President Donald Trump On Thursday, he signed an executive order to change the Department of Education – a step, which is expected to push the lawsuit, challenging the directive and probably will require Congress’ approval.

Trump often discussed the exceeding plans Department of Education Being with the investigation and stated in September 2024 that he wanted to reduce the influence of the federal government on education to “stop the abuse of taxpayers to get the young people of America.”

“Everyone knows what it is right and we have to get our children education,” Trump said on Thursday. “We do not work well with the world of education in this country, and we haven’t had a long time.”

As a result, the White House sheet said in the executive order: the directive is aimed at “passing education to families, not bureaucracy,” and instructs the Minister of Education Linda McMahon “to take all the necessary measures to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and the return Education Areas ”.

Trump has signed an executive order to cancel the Education Department

President Donald Trump signed the executive order on March 20, 2025 to remove the Ministry of Education. (Pool)

However, White House press secretary Caroline Levit told reporters on Thursday that the executive order was not completely closing the agency, but only “significantly minimizes” it.

In addition, she said the rest of the agency will still control Pell grants and student loans providing financial assistance to students.

“It will not be closed,” Livit said. “Pell grants and student loans will still be over from the Division in Washington, Colombia, but a great responsibility for teaching students of our country will return to the States.”

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital to clarify what the rest of the education departments would do. The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a comment with the Digital Fox News.

Meanwhile, the Gallup poll published in February shows that Americans have declined significantly over the last decade. The poll showed that only 24% of Americans are satisfied with the quality of education in the US as of January 2025 compared to 37% in January 2017.

In February, President Donald Trump said he hoped that Education Minister Linda McMahon would work “easily” against the backdrop of closing the agency. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

The White House went against the state of education in the US and reducing US students.

Critics in the White House indicated the “National Report”, a national evaluation of progress in the field of education (NAEP), published every two years, published on January 27. The exam tests of the fourth and eighth grade, and revealed almost stagnant mathematical results for eighth -graders compared to 2022, and reading the sowed 2 points in both level levels.

The Department of Education, established in 1979, seeks to improve the coordination of federal education and support of state and local school systems, according to its website. It also oversees student loans and financial assistance programs and non -discrimination policies.

Executive participation needs Congress to come out to the agency in accordance with Article II Constitution. In addition, this measure will require 60 votes to go to the Senate, and there are only 53 Republicans.

However, representative of Thomas Mass, Resp. The masses headed the legislative efforts to collect the agency and introduced the measure on January 31 to make the Nix of the education department until December 2026.

There is also some support to the Senate for such legislation.

“I agree with President Trump that the Education Department failed its mission,” Senator Bill Casidi said in a statement by Fox News. “As the department can be stopped only with the approval of Congress, I will support the president’s goals by presenting the legislation to achieve it as soon as possible.”

Even without the full closing of the agency, the Trump administration has passed significantly to reduce its strength. On March 11, the Education Department presented plans to reduce its staff with only more than 4,000 people.

Trump still needs the help of Congress in terms of cancellation of the education department

The Senate confirmed that Linda McMahon is acting secretary on March 3. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In order to close the agency, the President of the National Education Association, Beck Dangl, warned that the college would be more expensive for families and that students with disabilities would suffer.

“In case of success, Trump’s constant actions will harm all students, sending the size of the classes, reducing the programs of study, making higher education more expensive and inaccessible to the families of the middle class, taking special educational services for students with limited opportunities and squeezing the security rights of civil rights,”

Similarly, the US Teachers Federation called on Congress earlier in March to oppose any executive orders to dismantle the agency. Teachers’ union pointed to NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, conducted in February, which found that more than 60% of Americans “categorically oppose” by liquidating the agency.

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The executive order instructs Linda McMahon to move forward, facilitating the plans to close the agency. (Getti Image)

Following the reports on Wednesday evening, Trump’s intention to sign the Directive Thursday, the President of the US Teachers Federation Randy Weingarte announced that the union would challenge the order.

“Before the meeting in court,” said Weingar.

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Legal actions against Trump’s actions are already underway. A group of general lawyers from 21 countries filed a complaint to the US District Court to Massachusetts District on March 13 after being dismissed to the agency.

The lawsuit states that efforts to dismantle the agency, including through dismissal, are “an illegal violation of the division of powers, and the obligation of the executive power to take care that the law is fulfilled.”

Patrick Ward and Lawrence Edwards contributed to this report.