WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is preparing to take major steps on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to further dismantle the federal Education Department, according to four people familiar with the matter.
The department has finalized several agreements with other agencies to outsource aspects of its workload to different parts of the federal government, current and former staffers said.
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The move represents one of the most significant actions to fully eliminate the Education Department since President Donald Trump signed an executive order that attempted to do so in March.
While only Congress can completely axe a federal agency, the Supreme Court has allowed the White House to move forward – for now – with mass Education Department layoffs. Since the court showed deference to the administration on the issue, the agency has also proceeded to offload some of its responsibilities to the Department of Labor.
