Post by markbelding on Nov 12, 2024 12:35:12 GMT -6
To be honest, I have not given too much thought about the Department of Education and its function. As I read more about it, I have come to the realization that this is a department that is not needed, and spends too much money for what it returns. Some of its function may need to be kept in some form or another, transferred to other departments, but eliminating the DOE might be a great first step in reducing our Federal bloat.
Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?
www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/11/12/trump-close-education-department-proposal-explained/
Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?
The Department of Education provides about 10% of K12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program.
It administers federal grant programs, including the $18.4 billion Title I program that provides supplemental funding to high-poverty K-12 schools, as well as the $15.5 billion program that helps cover the cost of education for students with disabilities. The department oversees the $1.6 trillion federal student loan program, and sets rules for what colleges must do to participate.
It also runs achievement tests dubbed the Nation’s Report Card and collects statistics on enrollment, crime in school, staffing and other topics.
And the agency is charged with enforcing civil rights laws that bar discrimination in federally funded schools on the basis of race, sex and other factors. The Biden administration has used that power, for instance, to prohibit schools from discriminating against students on the basis of gender identity. Trump could do the same in the opposite direction, perhaps barring schools from allowing trans girls and women to compete on women’s sports teams.
It administers federal grant programs, including the $18.4 billion Title I program that provides supplemental funding to high-poverty K-12 schools, as well as the $15.5 billion program that helps cover the cost of education for students with disabilities. The department oversees the $1.6 trillion federal student loan program, and sets rules for what colleges must do to participate.
It also runs achievement tests dubbed the Nation’s Report Card and collects statistics on enrollment, crime in school, staffing and other topics.
And the agency is charged with enforcing civil rights laws that bar discrimination in federally funded schools on the basis of race, sex and other factors. The Biden administration has used that power, for instance, to prohibit schools from discriminating against students on the basis of gender identity. Trump could do the same in the opposite direction, perhaps barring schools from allowing trans girls and women to compete on women’s sports teams.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/11/12/trump-close-education-department-proposal-explained/
