BBC News, Washington DC
Getty imageUS President Donald Trump is expected to give an administrative order calling for the closure of the Ministry of Education, the long -term goal of the Conservative Party.
Since the Republican Party returned to the White House, the department has already announced plans to cut about half of its workforce.
But it will be difficult to completely close the organ without parliamentary action.
Founded in 1979, the department operates a program to supervise public school funds, manage student loans, and help low -income students.
Trump and his allies condemned institutions that doctrine young people with racial, sexual and political data.
What is the department doing?
The general misunderstanding is that the Ministry of Education runs a US school and sets a curriculum. Responsibility is actually on state and regional districts.
The organization manages Pell Grants, which supervises the student loan program and helps low -income students to go to college.
It also funds for programs that support students with disabilities and students living in the poor.
And the department implements the civil rights law designed to prevent racial or gender discrimination of federal funding schools.
How much is the budget and how many people work there?
The department’s allocation was less than 2% of the total federal budget in the 2024 fiscal year, $ 23.8 billion (£ 18.8 billion).
The institution has about 4,400 employees, with the smallest employees of this department.
Most public funds for American schools come from state and local governments.
In 2024, educational data initiatives estimated that the United States spent a total of $ 85.7 billion in primary and secondary education.
Can Trump closed the department?
Not by yourself.
Trump will not only require parliamentary approval to remove the department, but also 60 of the 100 senators in the US Senator will need cheating.
The Republican Party has a number of 53-47 people in the Senate, so at least seven Democrats must vote to abolish the political long-distance institutions.
In the House of Representatives, Trump can struggle to get the necessary support.
Last year, the vote to abolish the Ministry of Education, which was attached to other legislation, was not passed as 60 Republicans joined all the Democratic Party of the House of Representatives and exercised the right to vote.
Trump has moved to reduce other government departments in recent weeks.
Last month, the draft of the dismantling order of the Ministry of Education, which was obtained by the Washington Post, admitted that only Congress could completely remove the agency, but administrative measures admitted that the agency could be destroyed by itself.
Employees of the educational department are one of those who focused on the administration’s efforts. Reducing federal workforce.
What is the student loan?
The Ministry of Education supervised a huge loan portfolio to college students and pointed out that Trump would be transferred to other government agencies.
Trump said, “I don’t think education should handle loans.” It’s not their business. “
Experts say that the portfolio, which includes more than 1.5TN (1.16TN) in loans adopted by more than 40 million Americans, can be transferred to the US Treasury.
The White House Fact Sheet told the Minister of Education that the order of “uninterrupted services, programs and benefits that Americans depend on” to the education minister.
In the end, no matter what happens, the borrower must still turn on the loan.
The court ruling and Trump’s policy canceled some changes that former President Cho Viden attempted to forgive some debtes and forgive some debt.
Why do the Republican want to abolish it?
The idea of removing the Ministry of Education has been emerging for a long time as the Republican exists.
He was dismantled in the 1980 presidential election of Ronald Reagan.
Republicans have historically believed that they are best left to individual states and regions against the centralized education policy.
More recently, he has accused the educational department describing the portrayal of political ideology to children, including gender and race.
Trump’s allies also want to expand their choice of school so that students and families can use public funds to choose a private or religious alternative to public schools.
Conservatives argue that the education department function should be handled by other institutions. For example, a violation of civil rights is called the realm of the Ministry of Justice.
