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March 20, 2025

Trump to Issue Executive Order to Dismantle Education Department
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President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today to begin
dismantling the Education Department, according to reports. The
department cannot be formally shut down without congressional approval,
but Trump's order would further slash its workforce, restrict its
authority, redistribute some of its key functions and hand over more
decision-making authority to states and local school districts. The
Trump administration has already cut the Education Department's
workforce roughly in half.


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