{"id":8863,"date":"2025-02-04T09:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8863"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:55:49","slug":"report-trump-drafting-executive-order-to-dismantle-dept-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/education\/report-trump-drafting-executive-order-to-dismantle-dept-of-education\/njackson\/2025\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump Drafting Executive Order To Dismantle Dept. Of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Top Trump officials are reportedly circulating a draft executive order to begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft order would be a step toward fulfilling a key campaign promise President Donald Trump made to return education policy back to the states. The order would not direct the dismantling of the department, but request a plan to do so from the Education secretary, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-order-dismantle-education-department-works-sources\/story?id=118418280&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order would also call on Congress to pass legislation striking the department from federal statute. Trump may sign the order soon, according to ABC News, however, no set date has been determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order, if signed, would likely be carried out by Trump\u2019s nominee to head the Department of Education, Linda McMahon. Some officials in the Trump administration are pushing for the president to hold off signing the order until after McMahon\u2019s confirmation, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/education-department-trump-executive-order-eeaf1cb6\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, presumably to avoid hindering her nomination in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McMahon\u2019s nomination is currently paused in the Senate as lawmakers wait to receive ethics paperwork. Her nomination hearing has not been scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Government Efficiency, the government cost-cutting crusade led by Elon Musk, has begun to look at ways of trimming the Department of Education through executive action, according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump could order cuts to certain areas of the Department of Education and roll back or stop some controversial actions the department took under former President Joe Biden, such as mass forgiveness of student loans. Deconstructing the department would take an act of Congress, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Trump officials are reportedly circulating a draft executive order to begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education. The draft order would be a step toward fulfilling a key campaign promise President Donald Trump made to return education policy back to the states. 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