- President Donald Trump signed a decree To open the Ministry of Education Thursday. The American teachers’ federation and the National Education Association condemned this decision and promised prosecution. Earlier this month, the department dismissed almost half of its staff.
President Donald Trump signed a executive decree This would dissolve the United States Ministry of Education (DOE). Although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of the congress, Trump signed the order saying that it “would begin to eliminate the Federal Ministry of Education once and for all”.
The order indicates that taxpayers spend 60 billion dollars per year to finance federal schools assembled and distributed by the DOE, even if the agency “does not educate”. In order, Trump said that his closure would help children and families “escape a system that fails them.” Trump has ordered the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to transform the authority of education for states and local communities while guaranteeing an “uninterrupted service of services, programs and advantages on which the Americans count”. He also orders McMahon to put an end to the programs promoting “gender ideology” and to withdraw funding from programs and activities that discriminate illegally according to diversity, equity and inclusion. The order said that the DOE maintains a public relations office with 80 staff members at a cost of $ 10 million per year.
In a rapid reprimand, the president of the American teachers’ federation, Randi Weingarten, said that the union member of 1.7 million Fortune.
The DOE is accused of monitoring the federal loan fund for students in the country of $ 1.6 billion, and supervises and establishes school policies for school, primaries and secondary schools through financial and monitoring. The agency’s presentation includes an equal access guarantee for education for all students, including those of low -income, disabled and non -native English -speaking houses. Created in 1979, the DOE oversees 50 million students in public school systems across the country.
Earlier this month under the leadership of the Elon Musk Government Ministry, the DOE dismissed 2,183 employees, almost half of its January by more than 4,100.
“Now Trump is again there with his latest efforts to empty the programs of the Ministry of Education who support all students across the country,” said the president of the National Association, Becky Pringle Fortune.
Pringle said that DOE reductions would increase classes size, reduce vocational training programs, eliminate special education for disabled people, AX civil rights protections and increase the prices of tuition fees, putting it “out of reach for families in the middle class”.
“We will not be silent as politicians of anti-public education try to steal opportunities for our students, families and communities to pay tax reductions for billionaires,” said Pringle.
Republican legislators have long tried to put an end to the department since the 1980s, but in recent years, this campaign has aroused traction as tensions have set up after the mandates and federal policies in response to COVID-19.
“By advancing with that, Trump ignores what parents and educators know that for our students,” said Pringle.
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