Trump get rid of the US Education Dept.?

Do NOT Bet on this…

The US Education Dept. created back in Jimmy Carter’s admin has over 3,000 employees and budget of over $300 Billion…

Donald Trump tried this the first time….

No Joy…..

Republicans in Congress, where MAJOR dismatling HAS to come from,  have NOT gone for this even when other Republican President’s have tried….

Odds ARE against Trump again….

But can he—and will he—actually carry through on the promise? And what would it mean if he did?

The short answer: Ending the agency would require approval from Congress and a great deal of political capital that Trump may want to target elsewhere, especially in the early days of his administration in which he will be under pressure to deliver promises around tax cuts and immigration. But it is possible….

Trump attempted to dismantle the Education Department in his first term, but his efforts got little traction. His supporters say he may have a clearer path to accomplishing his priorities with the momentum of reelection. And with the help of a Republican-controlled Senate and the possibility of a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Trump is likely to pursue plans to scale back and consolidate some federal programs, even if he doesn’t fully end the agency.

Republican presidents and presidential candidates have threatened to end the U.S. Department of Education since it was first established as a cabinet-level agency under former President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Before then, all enforcement of federal education laws fell under the purview of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services when the law was enacted.

As Education Week reported in August, efforts to end the agency startedbefore the ink on Carter’s signature on that bill was dry….

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Superintendents and school boards are likely to fight against the reduction or elimination of federal funding streams that help them stay out of the red. And every member of Congress will likely hear from those influential community leaders as they weigh any proposal to do so, Margaret Spellings, who served as U.S. Secretary of Education under Bush, told Education Week in August….

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