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聽plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the聽, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity before an announcement.

Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.

A White House fact sheet said the order would direct Secretary聽聽鈥渢o take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.鈥�

The Trump administration has already been gutting the agency through layoffs and聽. Its workforce is being slashed in half and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation鈥檚 academic progress.

The department sends billions of dollars a year to schools and oversees $1.6 trillion in federal student loans.

Currently, much of the agency鈥檚 work revolves around managing money 鈥� both its extensive student loan portfolio and a range of aid programs for colleges and school districts, from school meals to support for homeless students. The agency also plays a significant role in overseeing聽.

Federal funding makes up a relatively small portion of public school budgets 鈥� roughly 14%. The money often supports supplemental programs for vulnerable students, such as the McKinney-Vento program for homeless students or Title I for low-income schools.

Colleges and universities are more reliant on money from Washington, through research grants along with federal financial aid that helps students pay their tuition.

Republicans have talked about closing the Education Department for decades, saying it wastes taxpayer money and inserts the federal government into decisions that should fall to states and schools. The idea has gained popularity recently as conservative parents鈥� groups demand more authority over their children鈥檚 schooling.

In his platform, Trump promised to close the department 鈥渁nd send it back to the states, where it belongs.鈥� Trump has cast the department as a hotbed of 鈥渞adicals, zealots and Marxists鈥� who overextend their reach through guidance and regulation.

Yet even some of Trump鈥檚 allies have questioned his power to close the agency without action from Congress, and there are doubts about its political popularity. The House considered an amendment to close the agency in 2023, but 60 Republicans joined Democrats in opposing it.

During Trump鈥檚 first term, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sought to dramatically reduce the agency鈥檚 budget and asked Congress to bundle all K-12 funding into block grants that give states more flexibility in how they spend federal money. It was rejected, with pushback from some Republicans.

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