Education Department, Trump Administration
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As the Trump administration takes sweeping steps to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the agency is still deciding what the future holds for special education.
McMahon has also repeatedly affirmed that only Congress can fully shut down the department, but she’s noted that closing the department is different from dismantling bureaucracy and co-managing operations with other cabinet level departments.
Department of Education cuts leave advocates and parents worried about the fate of special education services.
The Education Department is advancing its plans to eliminate itself, attempting a work-around to move certain mandatory programs to other federal agencies in a move resulting in considerable
The Department of Education is closing its in-house health clinic which cost taxpayers almost $500,000 per year to operate.