Us Senate Confirms Linda McMahon to Lead Education Department as Donald Trump Pushes to Shut It Down

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MS. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the education department which also escalating efforts to achieve trump's ageda. Alredy the Republican President has signed sweeping orders to rid america's schools of diversity programs and accommodions for transgender students Students whose Calling for Calling for Expended School Choice Program.

At the same time, Mr. Trump has promised to shut down the department and said he wants ms. McMahon “to put herself out of a job.” The Senate on Monday (March 3, 2025) Voted to confirm ms. McMahon 51-45.

A Billionaire and Former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, McMahon, 76, is an unconventional pick for the role. She spent a year on Connecticut's state board of education and is a longtime trustee at sacred heart university but otherwise has a little traditional education leadership.

MS. McMahon's supporters see her as a skilled executive who will reform a department that republicans say have failed to improve American education. Opponents say She's Unqualified and Fear Her Budget Cuts will be felt by students nationwide.

“Americans believe in public education,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Said Before The Confirmation Vote. “They don't want to see the department of education abolished. If the Trump Administration Follows through on cuts to education, schools will lose bills in funding. ” At her confirmation hearing, McMahon distanced herself from trump's blistering rhetoric. She said the goal is to make the education department “Operate more efficiently,” Not to Defund Programs.

She Acknowledged that only Congress has the power to close the department, and she pledged to preserve title I money for low-income schools, Pell Grants for Low -CONCOME COLLEGE Students, and The PUBLIC Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Yet she suggested some operations could move to other departments, Saying Health and Human Services Might Be Better Suited to Enforce Disability Rights Laws.

Weeks before ms. McMahon's Confirmation Hearing, The White House Was Considering An Executive Order that would direct the education secretary to cut the agency as much as much as much as much asking congresses to shut Down completely. Some of McMahon's Allies Pressed The White House to Hold the Order Until after Her Confirmation to Avoid Potential Backlash.

Created by Congress in 1979, The Education Department's Primary Role is to disbuse money to the nation's schools and colleges. It sends billions of dollars a year to k-12 schools and oversees a $ 1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio.

Mr. Trump argues the department has been overtaken by liberals who press their ideology on America's schools.

Schools and colleges have been navigating a demand to eliminate diversity programs or risk having their federal funding pulled. The Trump Administration Gave a Feb 28 deadline to complete. The education department addressed questions about its guidance in a document related Saturday, saying in part that changing programs names that reference “diversity” or “equity” alone is not enough stood differently by race.

DURING The Presidential Campaign, Trump Vowed to Close the Department and Grant Its Authority to States. Schools and States Alrady Wield Significantly Greater Authority Over Education Than the Federal Government, which is barred from influencing curriculum. Federal Money Makes Up Roughly 14% of Public School Budgets.

Alredy, The Trump Administration has started over the department's work.

Mr. Trump Adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency Has Cut Dozens of Contracts it dismissed as “Woke” and wasteful. It gutted the institute of education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation's academic program, and the administration has filed or suspended Scores of Employees.

Some of the cuts have halted work that's ordered under federal law. At herraing, mcmahon said the agency will spend money that's directed by Congress, and She Played Down Doge's Cuts as Merely An Audit.

MS. McMahon is a longtime trump ally who left wwe in 2009 to launch a political career, running unsuccessfully twice for the us senate. She has given millions of dollars to trump's campaigns and served as leaders of the small business administration during their first term.