Trump Set to Sign Executive Order Aiming to Abolish Department of Education by Thursday – One America News Network
OAN Staff James Meyers
8:20 AM – Thursday, March 6, 2025
A recent report reveals that President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.
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The report states that Trump will exercise his executive authority to instruct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department” as much as allowed by law, as per the Wall Street Journal, which has reviewed the drafted order.
The draft order states, “The experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars — and the unaccountable bureaucrats those programs and dollars support — has failed our children, our teachers, and our families.”
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, this executive order, which aligns with Trump’s promise to eliminate the federal agency, has been in the works since he returned to the White House.
The draft order reiterates, “The experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars – and the unaccountable bureaucrats those programs and dollars support – has failed our children, our teachers, and our families.”
McMahon, who received confirmation to lead the agency on Monday, communicated via email to all staff regarding her objective to completely dismantle the agency, referring to it as a “momentous final mission.”
She stated that she had been “tasked… with accomplishing the elimination of the bureaucratic bloat here at the Education Department – a momentous final mission – quickly and responsibly.”
The 47th president had previously mentioned last month that he hoped his appointee would “put herself out of a job.”
During his 2024 campaign, Trump continuously insisted he aimed to return to the White House to abolish the federal department.
“We will drain the government education swamp and stop the misuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with things that you don’t want them hearing,” he emphasized at a September rally in Wisconsin.
When he appointed McMahon to head the department last November, he indicated she would be directed to give states greater authority in education policy.
Simultaneously, Republicans in Congress have highlighted decreasing test scores nationwide as evidence that the Department of Education, which allocated nearly $268 billion last year, requires significant changes under McMahon’s leadership.
At present, the U.S. ranks 20th out of 41 countries in education, according to an evaluation by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, test scores for American students have plummeted, with eighth-grade reading proficiency hitting its lowest mark in the 32 years of government record-keeping.
During her confirmation hearing, she informed members of the Senate HELP committee that the department’s closure “certainly requires congressional action,” but there are strategies in place to gain support from Republican lawmakers.
“We’d like to ensure that we’re presenting a plan that I believe our senators and our Congress could support, one that would lead to a better-functioning Department of Education,” she remarked.
Furthermore, McMahon assured that key programs, such as Title I funding for low-income institutions, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and Pell Grants, will remain intact.
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