Trump to sign executive order to abolish the Department of Education
Trump will need approval from Congress to fully nix the agency
By Diana Stancy , Louis Casiano Fox News
Published March 19, 2025 6:43pm EDT
President Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to abolish the Department of Education.
Trump is expected to sign an executive order following through on a campaign promise to disband the department, claiming on the campaign trail that the department was full of "radicals, zealots and Marxists."
A White House fact sheet states that the move will "turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies."
The directive comes after the Senate voted to confirm Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to lead the agency March 3. McMahon issued a memo later that day outlining her support for the Trump administration's plans for the department and that she would oversee a "new era of accountability" in the agency's final days.
"The reality of our education system is stark, and the American people have elected President Trump to make significant changes in Washington," McMahon said in the March 3 memo. "Our job is to respect the will of the American people and the President they elected, who has tasked us with accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education — a momentous final mission — quickly and responsibly."
Following reports that Trump planned to sign the executive order, the American Federation of Teachers issued a statement imploring Congress to oppose the executive order and will not "abdicate its responsibility to all children, students and working families, who deserve a future full of promise and possibility, not diminished dreams."
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