US President Donald Trump should sign a executive regulation on Thursday to cancel the Ministry of EducationAccording to AP and Reuters, the White House officials said. Trump announced the measure during his election campaign, but criticized by representatives of several states and organizations across the US, writes TASR.
According to the White House, Trump will order the Minister of Education Linde McMahon “to take all the necessary steps to facilitate the cancellation of the (Ministry) education and the return of the authority in the field It will continue to ensure efficient and uninterrupted provision of services, programs and benefits that Americans rely on “.
The decree also allegedly orders that any programs and activities to which the federal government will contribute financially, “have not supported the programs of diversity, equality and inclusion (dei) or gender ideology”.
According to the White House, the ministry has spent more than $ three trillion since its inception in 1979, but the results of pupils in standardized tests have not improved. “Federal government control has failed to students, parents and teachers,” stated in a statement.
According to Reuters, Trump cannot cancel the Congress of the Congress, without the decision of the 100-member Senate. The Republicans have 53 places in it, but 60 votes are needed to adopt important legislation. However, minority Democrats do not show that they would support the cancellation of the ministry.
The US Department of Education supervises to approximately 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools. More than 85 percent of public school funds mediate governments and local administration.
According to McMahon, financing schools in low -income areas will continue. Loans and services for children with disabilities should also be preserved, He delivered a source to Reuters familiar with the decree.
The Ministry also manages $ 1.6 trillion in student loanswhich are intended for tuition fees at American universities for students who would not otherwise afford to study. According to AFP, the program for the provision of these loans will be preserved.
“This is a dark day for millions of American children who depend on federal financing of quality education, including children in poor and rural communities whose parents have chosen Trump,” The President of the National Association for the Support of Colorful People (NaACP) Derrick Johnson declared.
Trump’s administration announced the dismissal of approximately 1300 ministry employees last week and limited several programs under his report. In addition, it also wants to reduce the Civil Rights Office and Institute of Science and Education, which collect data on academic progress of the nation.
