Another promise kept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon calling for the Department of Education to begin winding down all but essential operations.
Trump signed the order during an East Room ceremony.
“We’re going to be returning education, very simply, back to the states, where it belongs,” said Trump, surrounded by GOP governors.
“This is a very popular thing to do, but much more importantly, it’s a common sense thing to do, and it’s going to work,” the president added.
“Everybody knows it’s right, and the Democrats know it’s right,” Trump said.
The order directs Secretary of Education LInda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.”
Watch the moment below:
BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump signs an executive order to officially begin the process of closing the Department of Education. pic.twitter.com/A652ZCudOS
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From The New York Post:
Trump has long said he wishes to do away with the department and give state and local governments more power as he bids to jump-start America’s education system and compete with foreign countries like China, whose students routinely score better in testing.
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Any remaining programs at the department will be forbidden from advancing gender ideology or espousing the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the draft adds.
Trump clarified in his White House remarks that student loans, Pell Grants and Title I funding will be “preserved”, but ultimately redistributed to other agencies and departments.
Trump’s gripes with the department include the prevalence of left-wing talking points in children’s classrooms and surveys showing declines in US educational performance relative to the rest of the world.
Watch the full ceremony below:
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