New Trump Executive Order Could Lead to a Smaller Education Department

Education Week: President Donald Trump's proposed budget for education could lead to significant cuts to staff and various programs, sources have told us. But it's not the only action on the president's agenda that could shrink the U.S. Department of Education.

On Monday, Trump released a new executive order that directs each agency leader to submit "recommendations to eliminate unnecessary agencies, components of agencies, and agency programs, and to merge functions" to Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget. The recommendations, which agency head must submit to Mulvaney within 180 days, must consider the following factors, according ...

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