US President Donald Trump has made a good promise to start closing the Ministry of Education, but his efforts are likely to face court challenges and constitutional barriers.
Thursday, Republican leaders held a sophisticated event to sign an administrative order for the department’s death.
Children of semi -members were placed on the desks around the president, each of which can sign his administrative orders. When Trump picked a marker to sign the command, the children followed the lawsuit. The same was true when he lifted the completed command of the camera.
Trump spoke before signing and said, “We will sign an administrative order to remove the Federal Education Department at once.
“And don’t it sound strange? The Ministry of Education, we will remove it, everyone knows that it is right, and the Democratic Party knows that it is right.”
However, Democrats and educational advisors quickly condemned the behavior not only as another example of the president, but also to harm students from all over the country.
“It is one of the most destructive and destructive stages taken by Donald Trump to try to dismantle the Ministry of Education. I wrote In social media within a few minutes after consciousness.
This command has long demanded that the Trump Alliance, Linda Mcmahon, required to “take all the necessary measures” to promote the closure of the department, which must be approved by Congress.
The Ministry of Education was founded in 1979 by Jimmy Carter in 1979 as part of his efforts to integrate various educational initiatives within the federal government. In doing so, he created a new cabinet position.
But the department has a limited command. It focuses on collecting data on education, disseminating research, distributing federal aids, and implementing discrimination measures.
Trump Non -Test Test Score
Nevertheless, Trump claimed that experts who claimed that they had held a department with low educational results in American schools were misunderstood.
Trump said at the Thursday event, “We did not fit well with the education world of this country.
The United States actually tracks other countries in the global standardized test score, but it’s never the last, as Trump sometimes claims.
The International Student Evaluation (PISA) program showed that American students, the international indicators of education standards, accounted for average in the test scores in places such as Singapore, Japan and Canada in countries such as Mexico and Brazil.
The test score was reduced in mathematics from 2018 to 2022. But the achievements of reading and science were maintained stable.
Trump, meanwhile, was also tied to a wide range of campaigns to reduce federal waste and fraud charges, including a wide range of dismissal.
He explained on Thursday that he proposed to buy a proposal to the education department employees.
Trump applauded.
He added, “It is composed of a small number of Democrats and other minority Democrats and other people that we have hired for a long time. And some Republicans are the ones, but not too many, but I have to be honest with you.”
Trump has previously expelled all “Viden officials” and promised to install loyalty instead.
But critics say they aimed to be non -party officials through their dismissal, and many people say that it helps to maintain the government’s stability, from the government to the administration to the administration.
The Trump Alliance, which is dangerous to lose its position under the department shake-up, is the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment.
But Trump reassured her on Thursday that she would remain in the government. “We will find something else for you.
Is Trump authority?
Despite his administrative order, Trump cannot shut down the Ministry with one hand.
Only Congress can officially close the cabinet department. But the Republican Party, such as Louisiana’s Bill Catidy Senator, has developed to begin the legislative process.
“I agree that President Trump has failed his mission.” press release.
“The department can only be closed by parliamentary approval, so we will support the president’s goal by submitting a bill to achieve this as soon as possible.”
However, if such a bill is introduced, it will not be sufficient to reach the 60 votes necessary to overcome the Filibuster in the 100 -seat Senate.
“Republican can’t do so,” said Al Jazeera correspondent Shihab Rattansi. Republicans have only 53 seats.
Nevertheless, Rattansi predicts that this problem will end in the Supreme Court because educational advocates are ready to cause legal issues.
Rattansi explained that the Ministry of Education is “relatively low fruits,” as the Ministry of Education attempts to expand the scope of management.
“They have a very extensive view of administrative authority. They want to test it in court,” he said.
One of the reasons for vulnerability is that the department is relatively young. Founded in the last half century.
But Rattansi warned that legal issues could lose or discontinue important educational functions while legal issues were reduced through the court system.
“The Ministry of Education is to guarantee an equal approach to education such as minority people, poor children, and children with disabilities.
“But in the long run, this is to test the limitations of Donald Trump’s administrative authority.”
Already, teachers’ unions, such as the American Federation (AFT), are preparing for a legal fight.
AFT, chairman of Randi Weingarten, said, “As the Republican governor of the White House celebrates the dismantling of the federal role in education, members of the country are worried about the impact of this on students. name. “This is not efficiency, but Evisceration.”
What is the function of the department?
Trump’s administrative order promises to ensure that “an effective and unbroken delivery of services, programs and benefits that Americans depend on.”
However, critics are afraid of programs such as Pell Grant, which provides financial support to low -income students, and services for students with disabilities may have difficulties as the department breaks down. Trump tried to claim such concerns on Thursday.
“They will be completely preserved and will be redistributed to other institutions and departments that can take care of them very well,” he said.
But he stressed that individual countries will take over most of the functions of the department. His command no longer states that federal funds will go to programs associated with “gender ideology” or diversity, equity and inclusiveness (Dei).
Trump said of the Ministry of Education, “We will close it and close it as soon as possible.
“It is not good for us. We want to go back to this very happy state for some governors here.”
The audience was Ron Desantis, the former Ron Desantis of Trump’s former competitor, in the 2024 presidential election.
Nevertheless, critics, such as Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic Party member of the Michigan, argued that there are no other institutions that can implement national standards for equality education.
“The federal funds of this department ensure that all children can achieve quality education regardless of who they are or in any postal code. Without the Ministry of Education, many children are left behind and not deserved to receive.” I wrote In the statement.
“Without the Ministry of Education, no one will leave the civil rights law in our school.”
She added that Thursday’s movement is constitutionally clear. “I look forward to being challenged in court.”
