Mr Trump had promised pre -election that he would get rid of the Ministry of Education and transfer his resources to the states, which are also the most responsibilities in this area.
Donald Trump will currently sign an executive presidential decree providing for the dismantling of the Federal Ministry of Education, US media reported Wednesday, a decision waiting and vigorously supported by many conservatives.
Republican hypothesis for decades, this decision has also been enrolled in the declared will of the Trump government to cut the costs of the central state.
The decree requires Education Minister Linda McMaon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Ministry of Education”, according to media such as the Wall Street Journal and Politico.
Some key programs, however, are expected to escape, such as those who provide scholarships to students and funds in low-income educational institutions, according to several media information.
Mr Trump had promised pre -election that he would get rid of the Ministry of Education and transfer his resources to the states, which are also the most responsibilities in this area.
The former head of the largest company that organizes the US struggles in the US, Linda McMaon, after all, was named by Mr Trump Minister of Education with a mission to “put herself in unemployment”, as the tycoon presented.
In the first step towards its dissolution, the ministry announced last Tuesday, March 11, the dismissal of almost half of its staff.
The Ministry of Education, founded in 1979, under the presidency of Jimmy Carter, cannot be completely dissolved unless adopted law by a reinforced majority of 60 seats in the Senate – where President Trump’s Republicans now occupy 53 seats.
The federal state has a limited role, in particular, in the funding and organization of the US Education System. But his subsidies play a crucial role, especially for schools in areas of economic and social point of view, as well as for students with problems.
The attempt to abolish the Ministry of Education is treated with anger by the democratic, trade unions of teachers and many parents, who perceive it as an unprecedented attack on public education, accompanied by a venture to promote conservative ideas.
A similar initiative to dismantle the USAID International Development Federal Aid Service was described as a federal court’s unconstitutional yesterday.
Already before it is signed, the executive decree is challenged by a group of democratic state justice ministers, which have filed a request to prevent the dismantling of the Ministry and the revocation of the layoffs of thousands of officials.
NAACP, a strong organization of defense of civil and civil rights, was also fought against the plan, which described it as unconstitutional, referring to a “black day” for millions of children in the US, who “depend on federal funding to have quality education, especially in Johnson.
Source: RES-EIA