‘Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,’ a Trump education civil rights official warned states.
McMahon said the Education Department won’t honor Biden-era deadline extensions to spend the aid. School officials say they’ve committed the money and should be reimbursed.
Linda McMahon said schools must not withhold children’s gender plans from parents. But LGBTQ advocates say trans youth should have some control over that information.
Multiple laws say the Education Department is responsible for overseeing funding and services for children with disabilities. Shifting that to another agency would require an act of Congress, several experts said.
Legally, only Congress has the power to eliminate the department. But the Trump administration recently laid off nearly half its staff.
COVID closures left students behind and made school feel optional. They also ushered in a technological explosion.
The layoffs represent a significant escalation of Trump’s efforts to reduce the department’s role in education
The executive order would be the culmination of the president’s attacks on the agency that date back to his 2016 campaign.
Linda McMahon says the department should refrain from ‘overreach’ and return power to states. President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the agency.
Now confirmed as education secretary, the ex-pro wrestling executive must grapple with a slippery task: overhaul an agency that Trump says he wants to dismantle.