White House preparing executive order to abolish the Education Department
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President Donald Trump promised for years to abolish the department — which he can't do without congressional approval.

Summary

The White House is drafting an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, aligning with Trump’s long-standing pledge.

However, Congress must approve the agency’s abolition, making its passage unlikely despite GOP control. Critics, including the National Education Association, warn this move would harm students, increase costs, and weaken protections.

GOP lawmakers have repeatedly attempted to eliminate the department since its 1979 founding.

Trump also recently signed an order expanding school choice, reinforcing the Republican agenda of decentralizing education policy.

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 hours ago

    The debt that the government owns would be sold to private lenders and the whole situation will get dramatically worse.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Yeah probably… I’m also ~1 year of payments away from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Just waiting for the letter/email telling me they’re clawing it back.

      Most of my student loans are with a private lender anyway, and it’s 1000x worse than the federal loans. They don’t even have repayment plans. If you can’t pay the minimum (which doesn’t even cover the entire principal), well fuck you too bad