{"id":128049,"date":"2024-11-20T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128049"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:07:00","slug":"trump-may-ask-linda-mcmahon-to-end-education-department-what-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128049","title":{"rendered":"Trump may ask Linda McMahon to end Education Department: What it does"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Throughout his campaign, President-elect <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by \u201c <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-woke-education-24f864d83e2f5745d12a79ebac0d7cc4\">radicals, zealots and Marxists<\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has picked <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-commerce-lutnick-elections-transition-cabinet-79cdda378e2affb85722323160306b30\">Linda McMahon<\/a><\/span>, a former <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/linda-mcmahon-trump-education-secretary-wwe-613016d0c164b89765af761404cbb123\">wrestling executive<\/a><\/span>, to lead the department. But like many conservative politicians before him, Trump has called for dismantling the department altogether \u2014 a cumbersome task that likely would require action from Congress. <\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s main role is financial. Annually, it distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean redistributing each of those duties to another agency. The Education Department also plays an important regulatory role in services for students, ranging from those with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/school-suspension-special-education-adhd-3cda5e7b0e3080b0416bf879e190e849\">disabilities<\/a><\/span> to low-income and homeless kids. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, federal education money is central to Trump\u2019s plans for colleges and schools. Trump has vowed to cut off federal money for schools and colleges that push \u201ccritical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content\u201d and to reward states and schools that end teacher tenure and enact universal <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-trump-school-choice-congress-019f50fb5ad7994434573c2244fd1b62\">school choice<\/a><\/span> programs.<\/p>\n<p>Federal funding makes up a relatively small portion of public school budgets \u2014 roughly 14%. Colleges and universities are more reliant on it, through research grants along with federal financial aid that helps students pay their tuition. <\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at some of the department\u2019s key functions, and how Trump has said he might approach them. <\/p>\n<h2>Student loans and financial aid <\/h2>\n<p>The Education Department manages approximately $1.5 trillion in student loan debt for over 40 million borrowers. It also oversees the Pell Grant, which provides aid to students below a certain income threshold, and administers the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which universities use to allocate financial aid. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has made cancellation of student loans a signature effort of the department\u2019s work. Since Biden\u2019s initial attempt to cancel student loans was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/student-loan-debt-forgiveness-supreme-court-2d6eec61822b9e7a89ff59453d2486a5\">overturned by the Supreme Court<\/a><\/span>, the administration has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/student-loan-cancellation-forgiveness-debt-774b0ee69f911f68f646a066031ee604\">forgiven<\/a><\/span> over $175 billion for more than 4.8 million borrowers through a range of changes to programs it administers, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness. <\/p>\n<p>The loan forgiveness efforts have faced Republican pushback, including litigation from several GOP-led states. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/student-loan-forgiveness-trump-e6c96fc0cce04286a9a8a3abbd9d88e8\">criticized<\/a><\/span> Biden\u2019s efforts to cancel debt as illegal and unfair, calling it a \u201ctotal catastrophe\u201d that \u201ctaunted young people.\u201d Trump\u2019s plan for student debt is uncertain: He has not put out detailed plans. <\/p>\n<h2>Civil rights enforcement <\/h2>\n<p>Through its Office for Civil Rights, the Education Department conducts investigations and issues guidance on how civil rights laws should be applied, such as for LGBTQ+ students and students of color. The office also oversees a large data collection project that tracks disparities in resources, course access and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ferguson-black-lives-matter-school-discipline-suspension-d099aab519ff743dc2be04c6b6132144\">discipline<\/a><\/span> for students of different racial and socioeconomic groups.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has suggested a different interpretation of the office\u2019s civil rights role. In his campaign platform, he said he would pursue civil rights cases to \u201cstop schools from discriminating on the basis of race.\u201d He has described diversity and equity policies in education as \u201cexplicit unlawful discrimination\u201d and said colleges that use them will pay fines and have their endowments taxed. <\/p>\n<p>Trump also has pledged to exclude <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-rights-trump-title-ix-1b9d3a1d928ea78c21372da63600c6d1\">transgender students<\/a><\/span> from Title IX protections, which affect school policies on students\u2019 use of pronouns, bathrooms and locker rooms. Originally passed in 1972, Title IX was first used as a women\u2019s rights law. This year, Biden\u2019s administration said the law forbids discrimination based on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/title-ix-sexual-assault-transgender-sports-d0fc0ab7515de02b8e4403d0481dc1e7\">gender identity and sexual orientation<\/a><\/span>, but Trump can undo that. <\/p>\n<h2>College accreditation<\/h2>\n<p>While the Education Department does not directly accredit colleges and universities, it oversees the system by reviewing all federally recognized accrediting agencies. Institutions of higher education must be accredited to gain access to federal money for student financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Accreditation came under scrutiny from conservatives in 2022, when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools questioned political interference at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ron-desantis-new-college-florida-woke-15d61ab52724dc447ba6d03238f7719e\">Florida public colleges<\/a><\/span> and universities. Trump has said he would fire \u201cradical left accreditors\u201d and take applications for new accreditors that would uphold standards including \u201cdefending the American tradition\u201d and removing \u201cMarxist\u201d diversity administrators.<\/p>\n<p>Although the education secretary has the authority to terminate its relationship with individual accrediting agencies, it is an arduous process that has rarely been pursued. Under President Barack Obama, the department took steps to cancel accreditors for a now-defunct for-profit college chain, but the Trump administration blocked the move. The group, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, was terminated by the Biden administration in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Money for schools<\/h2>\n<p>Much of the Education Department\u2019s money for K-12 schools goes through large federal programs, such as Title I for low-income schools and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Those programs support services for students with disabilities, lower class sizes with additional teaching positions, and pay for social workers and other non-teaching roles in schools. <\/p>\n<p>During his campaign, Trump called for shifting those functions to the states. He has not offered details on how the agency\u2019s core functions of sending federal money to local districts and schools would be handled. <\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/project-2025-trump-harris-election-heritage-foundation-9183cf4c36c293e11b59847189d26a87\">Project 2025<\/a><\/span>, a sweeping proposal outlining a far-right vision for the country that overlaps in areas with Trump\u2019s campaign, offers a blueprint. It suggests sending oversight of programs for kids with disabilities and low-income children first to the Department of Health and Human Services, before eventually phasing out the funding and converting it to no-strings-attached grants to states. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press education writer Collin Binkley contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press\u2019 education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. 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