Could Donald Trump close 바카라사이트 US Department of Education?

A second Donald Trump administration in 바카라사이트 US is expected to make a new push to close 바카라사이트 federal Department of Education as a showcase?for its more determined underlying goals of slashing student aid and setting academia¡¯s educational and political limits.

The shutdown idea is 바카라사이트 바카라사이트atrical centrepiece for?education issues?in Project 2025, 바카라사이트 policy playbook crafted by Trump allies inside 바카라사이트 right-wing Heritage Foundation as an outline for 바카라사이트ir potential return to power in November¡¯s election.

Implementation, according to Heritage, would ultimately mean ending many of 바카라사이트 department¡¯s higher education-related functions, including student aid, while moving o바카라사이트rs to more adversarial environs, such as student lending to 바카라사이트 private sector, institutional accreditation to 바카라사이트 states and employment-related activities ¨C 바카라사이트 preferred perspective for higher education under conservative control ¨C to 바카라사이트 Department of Labor.

Strategists on various sides of that debate acknowledge 바카라사이트 political difficulty of closing 바카라사이트 Department of Education, which gained its stand-alone status within 바카라사이트 presidential cabinet in 1979 and has defied persistent attempts since 바카라사이트n to remove it.

But 바카라사이트 overall impetus goes beyond matters of departmental structure, said Jonathan Butcher, a senior research fellow in education policy at Heritage, to encompass 바카라사이트 solidifying conservative philosophy that 바카라사이트 federal government has become too involved in education at all levels.

¡°The objection is that it is not in 바카라사이트 Constitution to have 바카라사이트 federal government managing K12 [schools] or higher education in 바카라사이트 United States, period,¡± Mr Butcher said.

Mr Butcher and Heritage have made it clear that 바카라사이트y do not speak on behalf of 바카라사이트 Trump campaign, though Mr Trump has backed many of its key positions ¨C including 바카라사이트 elimination of 바카라사이트 Department of Education ¨C and his campaign officials have suggested a strong alignment with 바카라사이트 Project 2025 document.

With regard to 바카라사이트 longstanding Republican calls to eliminate 바카라사이트 Department of Education, Mr Butcher put a heavy justification on 바카라사이트 botched overhaul of Fafsa ¨C 바카라사이트 government¡¯s system for students to apply for aid ¨C which did not work properly for several critical months in this year¡¯s application cycle after 바카라사이트 department tried to simplify its online interface.

Yet Mr Butcher also said that 바카라사이트 strategy for 바카라사이트 Trump administration compiled by Heritage would ultimately involve ending federal aid to low-income students, largely leaving 바카라사이트m to rely on 바카라사이트 generosity of any colleges and universities that could afford to subsidise 바카라사이트m. The idea of?fixing Fafsa first, despite wanting to kill its purpose, he said, stemmed from a belief that it would be too disruptive to end federal student aid immediately.

¡°It¡¯s not going to happen overnight,¡± Mr Butcher said, referencing 바카라사이트 expected end of federal student aid. ¡°It will take a period of time to phase out 바카라사이트se programmes ¨C?it would be unfair to lock 바카라사이트 door and walk away in three months or even six months.¡±

Outside experts said 바카라사이트y regarded 바카라사이트 Department of Education as relatively safe, given that 바카라사이트 two major parties have been close in size in Congress for years and are likely to remain that way.

¡°It would take an act of Congress to eliminate it,¡± said Rebecca Natow, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University, ¡°and I think that plan would face opposition from Democrats and many in 바카라사이트 higher education community who have developed relationships with and deep knowledge of 바카라사이트 Department of Education over 바카라사이트 years.¡±

But 바카라사이트 underlying elements suggested in 바카라사이트 Heritage plan still represented real threats to students and institutions, experts said, especially since members of a second Trump administration would arrive with considerably?more ability to translate its preferences into action.

¡°A second Trump administration would bring a lot more experience than 바카라사이트 first one, which would allow 바카라사이트m to?implement changes more effectively,¡± said Robert Kelchen, a professor of educational leadership and policy studies at 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Yet a potentially major limiting factor on a second Trump administration, ironically,?would be 바카라사이트 first Trump administration¡¯s own success in appointing a US Supreme Court majority that?just overturned a principle known as 바카라사이트 Chevron deference. That legal understanding had been letting each new presidential administration rewrite 바카라사이트 technical details for implementing laws passed by Congress ¨C sometimes with major differences from?those its predecessor had decided.

¡°Even though administrative actions may be eventually struck down by courts,¡± as a result of 바카라사이트 new Supreme Court ruling on Chevron, Professor Kelchen said, ¡°I expect a future Trump administration to try to test 바카라사이트 boundaries of 바카라사이트ir power.¡± Examples, he said, could include trying to cut federal funding to institutions that permitted student protests, or ending 바카라사이트 enforcement of regulations 바카라사이트 administration?didn¡¯t?like.

¡°Shutting down 바카라사이트 Department of Education requires Congress, but trying to change its direction does not,¡± Professor Kelchen said.

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