Education Secretary Linda McMahon said on X that the government shutdown has proven we don’t need an education department.
I would argue the shutdown has shown we don’t need the majority of the government!
McMahon wrote:
The Democrat government shutdown has forced agencies to evaluate what federal responsibilities are truly critical for the American people. Two weeks in, millions of American students are still going to school, teachers are getting paid, and schools are operating as normal. It confirms what the President has said: the federal Department of Education is unnecessary, and we should return education to the states.The Department has taken additional steps to better reach American students and families and root out the education bureaucracy that has burdened states and educators with unnecessary oversight.No education funding is impacted by the RIF, including funding for special education, and the clean CR supported by the Trump Administration will provide states and schools the funding they need to support all students.
Education should be a state-level responsibility.
In fact, education should be as local as possible. The needs in Oklahoma City are different from those in the panhandle.
Each community is different.
Plus, a longer shutdown might affect schools. You know how it wouldn’t affect schools?
If schools would rely on their states and communities instead of the federal government.
McMahon and President Donald Trump want to eliminate the Department of Education, but that action requires congressional approval.
Instead, McMahon and Trump have made moves to shrink the department with massive layoffs
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