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Diane Van Parys, 3/22/2025 2:58 AM
President Trump can dismantle within the Dept. Of Education, by moving the Student Loan program to the SBA; moving the student disabilities and nutrition program to HHS . Whatever is left can then be shuttered by Congress.
Joi Gratny, 3/22/2025 11:15 PM
My understanding is that he can make changes but not end it. He plans to leave it open to take care of student debts as I can recall. It can only end by a vote of congress.
Frankie Bower, 3/24/2025 2:52 PM
The President has a strategic, multi-step plan to dismantle the Department of Education while ensuring essential programs continue under more efficient management.
✔ Step 1: Reversing Jimmy Carter’s 1979 Executive Order – Completed through President Trump’s executive order, this action removes the foundational directive that established the Department of Education as a Cabinet-level agency. However, this alone does not eliminate the department.
⏳ Step 2: Reallocating Key Programs – In Progress. The administration is working to transfer control of student loans, grants, and child nutrition programs to other federal departments, ensuring continuity while stripping the Department of Education of its primary functions.
⏳ Step 3: Legislative Action to Defund the Department – In Progress. Since the President recognizes that a full dissolution of the department is not currently possible due to the existing Congressional makeup, he is pursuing legislation to permanently reassign funding to other federal agencies. This approach ensures the Department of Education is effectively dismantled over time, making it difficult for future administrations to restore its authority.
🔄 Step 4: Significant Staffing Reductions – Pending Step 3 Outcome. Once funding and responsibilities are fully reassigned, the President will implement further staffing reductions, beyond the 50% already completed, bringing the department to a near-zero operational level.
🔄 Step 5: Long-Term Impact – Pending Step 3 Outcome. By ensuring that restoring the Department of Education would require new legislation, the President aims to make its return politically unappealing, given its history of inefficiency and poor outcomes.
While full dissolution of the department hinges on conservatives securing major House and Senate majorities in 2026, these steps lay the groundwork for a permanent shift away from federal control of education.