President Donald Trump will likely sign an executive order Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education, according to multiple reports, after earlier moves by Trump to overhaul the department and calls to shutter the agency—though eliminating the department will likely require congressional approval.
The president has called for the Education Department to be “closed immediately.”
Trump is expected to sign an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take steps to close the Education Department and “return education authority to the states,” according to a White House fact sheet obtained by Bloomberg.
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