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Trump announced plans in the spring to move student loans from the education department to the small business administration but was almost immediately blocked by a judge's order
Conservatives have long sought to eliminate the department almost from the moment it was established in 1979
Trump signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans runs programs to help low-income children and oversees some funding for public schools in the opening days of his second term
Trump and his allies have accused the department of indoctrinating young people with racial sexual and political ideologies
Trump administration withheld billions for after-school programs English language learning and STEM programs
Bans on social media could put more children in harm's way
The American education system is decentralized with control over schools in the hands of roughly 14000 locally elected or appointed school boards.
Regulations address how federal funds can and cannot be used and sometimes specify other required policies for accepting federal funds.
Small Business Administration might be in charge of student loans Department of Health and Human Services will handle special education services
Trump administration has promised department’s functions will be assigned to other agencies
Education Department does not determine what US students learn
Money is distributed across country much of it is meant to focus on children in poverty
It would take act of Congress to officially end Education Department
Determining what US students learn is job left up to states and school districts
Department of Education has big job doling out billions in federal grants and funding that represent about 10% of spending on K-12 education in US about $28 billion per year
Money is meant to help immigrant students attain English proficiency fund after-school and summer programs support hiring and retention of teachers in low-income areas
Department of Education was not created until Carter administration
Trump administration is sending message to other schools launching investigations using federal research dollars as leverage to exert more control
States have sued to get money
Halfpipe competitions in 2026 Olympics raised the bar for snowboarding