"Days after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the government shutdown proved how unnecessary the Department of Education is, the Trump administration announced plans to transition key department responsibilities to other government agencies another step closer to eliminating the education department completely. In an opinion piece for USA Today earlier this week, McMahon said the 43-day shutdown showed every family how unnecessary the department is to their children's education."
"The shutdown proved an argument that conservatives have been making for 45 years: The U.S. Department of Education is mostly a pass-through for funds that are best managed by the states. The former CEO of wrestling giant WWE said now that the shutdown is over, the department is emboldened to fulfill President Donald Trump's order to return education to the states. McMahon did not clarify that, as the Department of Education was established by Congress, eliminating the department entirely would require another act by Congress."
Following a 43-day government shutdown, students continued attending classes, teachers received pay, and school services such as sports and bus routes operated without disruption. The administration announced plans to transfer core Education Department responsibilities to other agencies, including the State Department, Interior, Labor, and Health and Human Services. Transferred functions include Title I funding for low-income schools, higher-education grants, foreign-language education, college access programs, and minority-serving institutions. Officials framed the changes as a shift from centralized federal oversight to state-led management while asserting continued federal support; education experts, however, contest that claim.
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