Trump Unveils Plan To Disband Education Department

The US Department of Education, which was established in 1979 under former president Jimmy Carter, by law cannot be shuttered without Congress passing an act with 60 votes in favor in the Senate.

However, as with other agencies in the federal bureaucracy under Trump’s second administration, the department could see widespread slashes to programs and employees, kneecapping its functionality.

The Republican leader’s threat to shut down the education department has angered Democrats, teachers’ unions, and many parents, who see it as an attack on the public education system.

McMahon, a 76-year-old businesswoman who formerly served as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, said at a Senate education committee hearing last month that “the excessive consolidation of power” in Washington was damaging education.

“So what’s the remedy? Fund education freedom, not government,” she said.

The Washington Post reported McMahon and other officials have suggested moving some of the agency’s functions to other parts of the government in their effort to dismantle it, though it could prompt legal challenges.