Education Dept looks to reassign work to other agencies ahead of Trump EO ‘eliminating’ it
Jory Heckman
March 4, 2025
The Education Department is preparing for an imminent executive order to dismantle the agency and reassign its functions.
In a draft memo, obtained by Federal News Network, the department is preparing to notify its employees that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order, entitled, “Eliminating the Department of Education.”
The department, in the unsigned draft memo, states that Trump’s upcoming executive order gives employees a “clear and final mission.”
“We are to identify which of the Department’s functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them,” the memo states. “This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more — and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption.”
