By rssfeeds-admin The department handles federal student loans, investigates complaints of discrimination and gives funding for schools and universities. The order will move several functions to different agencies, as well as return some regulations to each state.
Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) has previously spoken about the dangers he anticipates without the department. He said the impacts will be immediate.
“It will harm students and their families in rural communities who rely on federal funding to keep their schools open,” the governor said. “It will remove support students with disabilities and special needs rely upon. And low-income students who depend on Pell Grants to earn their college degrees will be forced to drop out.”
Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) applauded President Trump for dismantling the Department of Education, as she thinks it will help put parents back in control of their children’s education.
“For far too long, our students have been left behind by woke, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats and a bloated system failing them academically,” Miller said. “Now, our country has the opportunity to expand educational freedom, increase opportunities for families, and unlock our full potential.”
Sen. Dick Durbin called Trump “a fool” for signing the order.
“President Trump’s dangerous demagoguery knows no bounds,” he said. “Shredding the Department of Education, a federal agency dedicated to the success of the next generation, is depraved and deeply damaging to the future of this country.”
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is part of a lawsuit with 20 attorneys general to stop the Trump administration’s workforce and program cuts to the Department of Education.
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