(Last update: March 11) The United States Ministry of Education is moving to half of its staff, several media, in particular Fox News And Cnnreported Tuesday evening.
Other sources, including NPRsaid that agency employees have also been informed that all the offices in the department would be closed for the day on Wednesday and will reopen on Thursday.
President Donald Trump and the newly confirmed education secretary Linda McMahon both declared that the administration wanted to close the department. Such a decision would require the approval of the congress, but the experts said District administration that the Trump administration could still “neutralize” the department.
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(Last update: February 13) Calling for the Ministry of Education “a great cone work”, President Donald Trump said he wanted the agency “immediately closed», A video from CNN shows.
His comments came while the Ministry of Education remained open, but would have dismissed Trump’s staff and candidate for the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, appeared during a confirmation hearing, according to several reports.
“They rank the 40 best countries in the world, we are classified n ° 40th,” said Trump when a journalist questioned the future of the ministry. “But we are classified n ° 1 in a department: cost per student.”
Politico reported That the Ministry of Education has ended “a band” of employees. The Trump and Elon Musk’s government ministry has attacked aggressively to reduce the size of the federal government.
Many licensed employees were probative, working at the Office of Civil Rights, Federal Aid to Students and the Communications and Awareness Office, Politico reported.
Earlier in the week, DOGE canceled $ 900 million in contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, a research branch of the Ministry of Education which follows school performance, contains the National Center for Education Statistics and produces the country’s bulletin, Propuplica reported.
Department of Education: The latest developments show a cross agency
(Last update: February 10) The news on the fate of the Ministry of Education swirl, with increasing concerns that Elon Musk’s DOGE staff access the sensitive data from students.
The following article is part of the continuous coverage of the university company of the impact of President Donald J. Trump on higher education during his second term. For weekly updates.
Aside from the troubles for K12 and higher education, Musk during the weekend said on X that the Department of Education does not exist “” According to MSNBC.
Friday, the Democratic members of the Congress were forbidden to enter the Ministry of Education, The New York Times reported. The legislators tried to visit the interim education secretary, Denise L. Carter, who had not responded to a previous meeting request to find out if President Donald Trump intends to close the department, the newspaper said.
More UB: Transgender athletes now prohibited from female NCAA sports – but do not practice
THE Associated Press Also noted the fears of the legislators that the Musk government’s Ministry of Efficiency now examines the student loan databases and other systems. These concerns have triggered legal action by students in California, According to USA Today.
Student association of the University of California complaints DOGE “violating the laws on confidentiality and federal regulations by infiltrating IT systems which shelter information on the financial aid of students” in its trial filed on Friday.
Transgender students
Last week, Trump signed an executive decree restricting transgender athletes to participate in the sports of girls and women in K12 and a superior ED. The administration went further, According to Propublica.
The survey website reported that the Ministry of Education has told employees that it would cancel all programs that did not assert organic sexual relations, such as mental health advice.
Reports: Trump is now ready to dismantle the Ministry of Education
(Last update: February 4) Several reports have warned that President Donald Trump is preparing an executive decree to impose serious discounts on the United States Ministry of Education and finally close the agency.
The Wall Street Journal reports That the Ministry of Education is the next target of Elon Musk and the Program of his Ministry of Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce the federal government. Trump apparently prepares a decree which would eliminate “all the functions of the agency which are not explicitly written in law”, according to the report.
Trump can also ask the congress to “abolish” the department, the Wall Street Newspaper support. By characterizing the situation, ABC News said Trump was “Finalize the plans“To close the agency.
‘U’ conformity:: Colleges and universities are faced with new legal complexities
Throughout his campaign, Trump clearly indicated his intention to make spectacular changes to the United States Ministry of Education and K12 and higher education systems. Its administration has already eliminated the initiatives of the agency’s DEI, has moved to Develop the school choice And root so -called “indoctrination” in the K12 instruction.
Despite its uncertain future, the agency is preparing to repress the anti -Semitism of the campus following demonstrations against the actions of Israel in the Gaza War. By decree, Trump ordered the Ministry of Education and other agencies to identify all civil and criminal powers to slow anti -Semitism on the campus.
The order requires that the Secretaries of State, Education and Internal Security work together to guide colleges and universities to monitor “students and extraterrestrial staff” and report all anti -Semitic activities. These students and the staff could then be the subject of a survey and “deleted”, indicates the order.
The agency also wiped out the title IX updates carried out by the Biden administration, returning to the rules imposed during the first Trump administration. The department now applies protections based on organic sex in K12 schools and higher education establishments.
Trump’s decision in 2020 also guarantees that freedom of expression is protected on campus and allows higher regular procedure protections for students during sexual misconduct procedures.
In recent days, the Trump administration has acted in another way to reduce the size of the federal government. The management and budget office offered redemptions to federal employees and DOGE has taken measures to close the USAID, the Federal Humaninian Aid Agency.
