President Trump is preparing to sign that Secretary of Education, Education, Linda McMahon will begin to dismantle her agency, and is preparing to set the stage for a potential power struggle with Congress and another legal challenge from opponents.
Executives said the order could be signed on Thursday. The official spoke about the terms of anonymity to talk about private deliberations.
The modern president has never tried to unilaterally close the federal division. The education division was created by the Congressional Act in 1979, and lawmakers would need to approve it to be eliminated.
Trump's order was expected to spark another legal battle for the administration. This has already been caught up in multiple lawsuits relating to their actions in the first six weeks.
The American Federation of Teachers noted in a statement late Wednesday that the education sector is “legally necessary” to distribute federal funds (such as poor students, students with disabilities) to the state.
“It's a serious mistake for the Trump administration or Congress to try and get these programs to gush, and we'll fight them with their teeth and claws,” said Union President Randy Weingarten.
The draft Trump order was distributed in Washington on Wednesday ahead of a potential announcement. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump could sign the order immediately on Thursday.
Trump is dull about his desire to completely abolish the sector. He recently said McMahon effectively wanted him to get out of work.
He told reporters last month that the education division was “a big fraud job” and “want to close it down soon.”
McMahon's first action as Secretary of Education was to email department staff about a “final mission” that states his plans to achieve Trump's goal of shutting down the department.
