11/20/2025

The U.S. Department of Education Is Being Shuttered

Here’s what that means for Americans

The Department of Education is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.

Offices that serve the nation's schools and colleges would go to departments ranging from Labor to Interior. Education officials claim the moves won't affect the money Congress gives states, schools and colleges. They did not say whether current department staff would keep their jobs.

Since he took office, Trump has called for the dismantling of the Education Department, saying it has been overrun by liberal thinking. Agency leaders have been making plans to parcel out its operations to other departments, and in July the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld mass layoffs that halved the department's staff.

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