Policy Update: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

March 20, 2025

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the Executive Order (EO) Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities, directing the Secretary of Education to “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law” to facilitate the closure of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) while continuing to provide “uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits” to American students and families. Additional information on this EO, as well as responses from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and congressional education policy leaders, is included in the report.