While the text of President Donald Trump’s Thursday executive order dismantling the Department of Education has little in the way of specific guidance for states, some Republican state officials are eager to centralize education authority locally.
Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon authorizing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin closing the Department of Education, while continuing to ensure Americans receive the education services, programs, and benefits on which they rely.
McMahon provided some clarity as to how this would be achieved in a Friday op-ed at FoxNews.com: “As we execute President Trump’s directive, we will systematically unwind unnecessary regulations and prepare to reassign the department’s other functions to the states or other agencies—including funding programs for states to support low-income students and learners…
