The Donald Trump government prepares to dismantle the Department of Education | International | News
The administration that chairs Donald Trump Sopesa sign an executive order to dismantle the United States Department of Education As part of the policy of the new US executive to reduce federal agencies and the size of the government’s workforce, he reported Tuesday The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
According to the newspaper, which quotes sources of people who know the process, the White House officials have discussed to approve an executive order that would close all agency functions that are not explicitly collected in their statute or would transfer certain functions to other departments.
While, ABC News It ensures that the proposed order is expected to dismantle the agency to require that the Secretary of Education, still pending confirmation, presents a proposal to dismantle the department and that Congress approves legislation to get rid of it.
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The time Trump plans to sign the order is not clear, but sources familiar with the process told ABC News that “They have been actively producing conversations about the future of the department”.
The WSJ ensures that the order would mean a step towards compliance with a Trump campaign promise to eliminate the department, limit federal participation in education and give more authority to states in this area.
Republicans were very critical of the Department of Education under administration Bidenin particular with decisions to forgive student loans and extend protections against sexual discrimination in education to people in the LGTBI collective.
Some Trump administration officials, including the team that works with the candidate for Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, they point out, however, that the White House should wait until after the hearing of its confirmation in the Senate to issue any executive order Add the journal.
The McMahon confirmation audience has not yet been scheduled.
The Department of Education is among the agencies that the Department of Government Efficiency, which runs the billionaire and main advisor of Trump, Elon Muskhe is considering cutting as part of his policy of reviewing the federal bureaucracy, according to these sources.
The possible dismantling of the Department of Education occurs just hours after Trump ordered the seal of the offices in Washington of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, in English), responsible for the country’s international and humanitarian cooperation.
Previously, Musk had announced in his X profile that Trump had agreed to dismantle the agency: “I reviewed it with him in detail, and He agreed that we should close it. And, in reality, I asked it several times and said ‘Is he sure?’ ”, Said the billionaire. (YO)
