The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he'd like to see the department eliminated.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education — an agency he has said he wants “closed immediately” — was unable to explain how executive orders stripping diversity, equity and inclusion programming from the federal government would apply to schools and universities.
KEY TAKEAWAYS In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Education, said educational responsibilities should return to the states.The Department of Education could not be shut down without congressional action but McMahon said the department's funding should be analyzed.
But closing the department “certainly does require congressional ... he picked her to lead the Small Business Administration. McMahon has a more limited education track record than most previous secretaries. She spent a year on the Connecticut Board ...
According to Reuters, President Donald Trump said he wants to close the U.S. Department of Education immediately.