Desperate to undue the conditions that allowed a black man to become president of the United States.
Nothing more, nothing less. A black president was such an insulting aberation against the natural order to them they decided it is time to burn society to the ground.
Directly from ed.gov:
In creating the Department of Education, Congress specified that: No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system…
Don’t let anyone tell you they’re just getting rid of “woke dei curriculum”, they’re trying to screw over all the people who need the help of things like an IEP or 504 Plan by cutting staff for those programs, end subsidized loans, grants, etc for those who can’t afford college, you get the point. Be very glad that if you were able to get an education before this point that you did, and expect the interest rate on your student loans to go up…
i, for one, am thrilled that “because jesus” will become the catch-all answer to every question in some states.
we are going to be the dumbest nation so quickly.
Just to be sure, no president can kill a department just by decree. It takes an act of Congress
The most recent continuing resolution authorized the President to begin sequestration and placed the national budget on emergency deficit reduction. That was in section 1113 of the law.
Under sequestration, the President is given emergency powers to “fix” the budget and the funding automatically matches what the President says. No need for any additional votes.
So Congress already gave him the green light to do whatever he wants and Congress has already pre-approved it. Now the Department will still be there in name. Senate confirmed officials will most move into advisement roles, but yeah after that last CR, Congress gave Trump the thumbs up to go hog wild.
Now sequestration is a process so I’m sure there will be flights over the process, like on what date an agency is sequestered, the published scope, etc. But Trump has the ability to sequester the full amount for the Department of Education and Congress says the budget automatically will adjust to meet whatever he determines.
As outrageous as this is, it made me curious… for me, the Department of Education is just one of those things I’ve kind of always known about, but did you know that the current office and secretary was created in 1979? Under Jimmy Carter?
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It’s amazing how… recent… a lot of these cabinet positions actually are:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States
Homeland Security - 2003 (that tracks)
Veterans Affairs - 1989
Education - 1979
(Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
Energy - 1977
Transportation - 1967
Housing and Urban Development - 1966
Health and Human Services - 1980
(Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
Labor - 1913
(Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
Commerce - 1913
(Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
Agriculture - 1862
Interior - 1849
Attorney General - 1789
Defense - 1947
(Previously “Secretary of War”) - 1789
(Previously “Secretary of the Navy”) - 1798
(Previously “Secretary AT War”) - 1783
Treasury - 1789
(Previously “Superintendent of Finance”) - 1771
State - 1789
(Previously “Secretary of foreign affairs”) - 1781
Vice President - 1789
