On 20 March 2025 the President signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary lawful steps to facilitate closure of the Department of Education and return authority to states while preserving specified services. The order states that eliminating the department itself depends on applicable law.
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On 20 March 2025 the President signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary lawful steps to facilitate closure of the Department of Education and return authority to states while preserving specified services. The order states that eliminating the department itself depends on applicable law.
Closing or hollowing out the federal department that administers major funding streams (Title I, student aid, special-education grants) reduces centralised public-education financing capacity; the magnitude depends on what Congress and states ultimately do.
Cuts to federal education research, data and program offices reduce supports that inform teacher development and supply, a secondary and uncertain effect.
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