White House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department
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President Donald Trump promised for years to abolish the department — which he can't do without congressional approval.

Summary

The White House is drafting an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, aligning with Trump’s long-standing pledge.

However, Congress must approve the agency’s abolition, making its passage unlikely despite GOP control. Critics, including the National Education Association, warn this move would harm students, increase costs, and weaken protections.

GOP lawmakers have repeatedly attempted to eliminate the department since its 1979 founding.

Trump also recently signed an order expanding school choice, reinforcing the Republican agenda of decentralizing education policy.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    182·
    10 hours ago

    The executive order’s a symbolic gesture—Congress won’t scrap the Department outright.

    You’re wrong. They will not wait for Congress to do anything.

    Who the fuck is going to stop them, you?

    • meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 hours ago

      The courts, actually. Been there since Nixon tried similar stunts. Administrative state’s got more staying power than most realize. But hey, doom scrolling’s more fun than reading SCOTUS precedents.

      • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
        1·
        10 minutes ago

        Oh, the SCOTUS that said anything done by a sitting president is automatically legal? That one?