Trump Seeks Education Department Closure

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What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut

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President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon , to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department .

McMahon told employees it was the department’s “final mission” to eliminate bureaucratic bloat and turn over authority to states.

Eliminating the department altogether would be a cumbersome task, which likely would require an act of Congress .

While the Education Department does not directly accredit colleges and universities, it oversees the system by reviewing all federally recognized accrediting agencies.

Institutions of higher education must be accredited to gain access to federal money for student financial aid.

Under Obama , the department took steps to cancel accreditors for a now-defunct for-profit college chain, but the Trump administration blocked the move.

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