Donald Trump Signs An Executive Order To Begin Dismantling The Department Of Education!

In further efforts of dismantling the Department of Education, Donald Trump has officially signed an executive order to remove the organization and restore authority to each state!

Despite historic context that an act of congress must be set in place to dismantle the DOE, the Trump administration has acknowledged that they do not have an efficient amount of votes at this time to dissolve the cabinet level agency. Instead the newly issued order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the states.”

While appearing in the East Room, surrounded by children in uniforms sitting at desks on Thursday (March 20), Trump stated, “We’re going to shut it down, and shut it down as quickly as possible.

Trump said on Friday (March 21st) that “special needs funding” will now be overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, reports CNN.

In response, Senior director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress Mia Ives-Rublee notes that the Department of Health and Human Services lack knowledge of the mentioned programs which could potentially make it difficult for disable students to get the assistance they need.

“What we do know is we’re going to see a radical change in the way we provide or don’t provide services to disabled students.”

Trump’s recent move has led to major concern as the DOE has maintained the responsibility of providing billions of dollars in funding to support students in low income areas as well as those with disabilities for over four decades.

Senior director for K-12 education policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress Weade James questions the overall motive of the newly issued order as he is concerned that the management of federal funding won’t beneficial to students.

“It’s very important that we continue to question how these cuts are going to impact students because indeed they are,” James said. “There’s going to be a loss of expertise and a loss of data collection, oversight and accountability.”