When President Trump It is said that his options for achieving his campaign blood weighs to eliminate the Ministry of Education, experts spoke to Fox News Digital about what that process will look like and what obstacles the president will have to overcome.
“The administration is right to urge to eliminate the ineffective and unpopular Ministry of Education,” Jonathan Butcher, Skillman Senior Research Fellow told Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, to Fox News Digital shortly before the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump -R officials think an executive order in which is called for a legislative proposal to get rid of the department.
“One thing that I will do very early in the administration is the conclusion of the Ministry of Education in Washington, DC and sending all education and education work that it needs back to the States,” Trump said in a campaign video 2023.
A White house Officially, Fox News Digital told on Monday evening that Trump intends to fulfill his campaign blade by again evaluating the future of the department.
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President Trump promised the campaign track to eliminate the education department and bring the power back to the United States. (Getty Images)
Butcher told Fox News Digital: “The congress must eliminate the congress on the call and promote policy to eliminate most programs and expenses of the agency, while moving remaining programs to other federal agencies.”
“President Trump can declare that the powers of the educational department are unconstitutional and request a memo from the Ministry of Justice to support such a position. For example, the president can do the same for specific programs, for example the Higher Education Act.”
“Another approach would be to move the agency somewhere away from Washington, DC and demand that employees work 5 days a week,” added Butcher. “In the meantime, the White House can still remove non-essential or non-exempt positions. Even this process would need conference support to find trade union contracts.”
Butcher told Fox News Digital that even with these possible actions from Trump, the executive location “still has to spend on loans as required.”
“So the best scenario remains that the congress considers a proposal to close the agency,” said Butcher.
“In the proposal, the congress must consider making block subsidies for large expenditure programs such as Title I, so that states have more autonomy about what is best for schools within their limits,” explained Butcher. “And Heritage has proposed to relocate certain offices that we think should stay on other agencies, such as the Office of Civil Rights at the Ministry of Justice.”
Julian Epstein, old democratic employee, lawyer and former chief advisor at the House Judiciary Committee, Fox News Digital said that Trump probably needs an action of the congress “to eliminate the department because it is a legally created agency, unless he” Can ‘out how to do it through reconciliation.
Epstein, however, explained that eliminating the department could ultimately cause Trump headache.
“But Trump may want to think twice before he eliminates the department because it has important clubs to promote his agenda,” said Epstein. “The Department is the most important enforcement agency to protect women’s sport, prevent discrimination via dei quota for favorite groups, stop inning anti -Semitism and to tackle the rather flagrant intellectually intolerant, partisan, anti -Western ideological factories they have been well advised to maintain the Ministry of Education and the core enforcement functions, while it can be reduced.
De Doe was founded under former President Carter in 1979 when he split the split of the Health and Human Services department. It is responsible for regulating federal student aid funds and guaranteeing equal access to education, in addition to other responsibilities.
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The building of the US Department of Education can be seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross)
Republicans are calling to dismantle the agency for decades since former President Carter ITT founded in 1979, which must determine the case about schools at the local level.
Democrats claim that the department offers stability and the possibility to enforce more generalized policy – protection of civil rights, reducing educational differences and tackling systemic inequalities.
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk, who had the task of leading the efforts of the Trump government to reduce government waste due to the doge effort, has Previously expressed Support for eliminating the department.
Experts who spoke with Fox News Digital In November the conviction repeated that any attempt to completely abolish the department would need the help of the congress.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump finds his second term damage as the 47th president of the United States. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
“President Trump does not have the opportunity to eliminate a federal department. Eliminating it would require congress action, including a super ma’ality of 60 votes in the Senate,” said Andrew Stoltmann, a lawyer and professor of law.
“So, even if Trump can continue with what he says, he has to enter some Democrats in the Senate, and that will probably be impossible.”
Stoltmann explained that Trump’s “Best bet is to appoint someone who will effectively be a figurehead at the Ministry of Education.”
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Former manager of the US Small Business Administration and American Education Secretary -Nominated Linda McMahon (Valerie Pelsch/Bloomberg via Getty images)
“This does not eliminate the department, but it castrates it effectively during his term,” Stoltman said.
The timing of a Trump -executive order is unclear, although some believe that the administration will wait until Trump’s choice to lead the department, former SBA manager Linda McMahon, although no timetable for that confirmation has currently been established .
Fox News Digital reached the White House for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Aubrie Spady, Liz Elkind and Taylor Penley have contributed to this report
