It’s also unclear how the department’s closure and function reallocation plans would be handled by the future education secretary. The Senate has not yet held a confirmation.
Hearing for Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for education secretary. Without a two-thirds majority vote, a Senate measure to close the agency would probably fail.
Trump and department detractors have said that they think the agency has excessive spending authority—more than $20 billion in the fiscal year 2025—without producing sufficient.
Academic outcomes. Students in the fourth and eighth grades have declining reading scores and an expanding achievement gap, according to the Nation’s Report Card.
Trump issued executive orders this week that prioritize universal school choice, protect parental rights, fight antisemitism, and reduce government financing for “indoctrination” in K–12 schools.
