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President Donald Trump is shortly due to sign an Executive Order instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education. The move will be another test of voters' willingness to accept Trump's hardline government reform agenda, already seen as contributing to a slide in Trump's approval rating and negative voter blowback to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 

  • Although the Department cannot be entirely closed without Congressional approval, the administration is likely to take steps to gut the agency by reducing the workforce and returning much of the Department’s authority to state jurisdiction.
  • Politico notes: “Today’s EO will effectively destroy a $100 billion-a-year executive department created by statute under Democratic President Jimmy Carter 45 years ago. Dems in Congress are already pushing back on the legality, but it’s unclear what will be left amid the wreckage.”
  • The Department’s restructuring is likely to follow the blueprint of USAID's shuttering, which will be rebuilt within the State Department as a limited agency “to help enhance national security and counter adversaries,” according to the Wall Street Journal. 
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President Donald Trump is shortly due to sign an Executive Order instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education. The move will be another test of voters' willingness to accept Trump's hardline government reform agenda, already seen as contributing to a slide in Trump's approval rating and negative voter blowback to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 

  • Although the Department cannot be entirely closed without Congressional approval, the administration is likely to take steps to gut the agency by reducing the workforce and returning much of the Department’s authority to state jurisdiction.
  • Politico notes: “Today’s EO will effectively destroy a $100 billion-a-year executive department created by statute under Democratic President Jimmy Carter 45 years ago. Dems in Congress are already pushing back on the legality, but it’s unclear what will be left amid the wreckage.”
  • The Department’s restructuring is likely to follow the blueprint of USAID's shuttering, which will be rebuilt within the State Department as a limited agency “to help enhance national security and counter adversaries,” according to the Wall Street Journal.