Trump shifts Education Department functions to other federal agencies



President Donald Trump announced Friday that some of the Department of Education's remaining functions would be shifted to the Small Business Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services effective "immediately."

Earlier this month, the Education Department axed over 1,300 workers, which Secretary Linda McMahon called the "first step" toward dismantling the agency. She confirmed that Trump had directed her to shut down the Education Department.

'Those two elements will be taken out of the Department of Education.'

On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order to start the elimination of the Education Department.

He called the move "very historic" and "45 years in the making."

"After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country and spends likewise, by far, more money per pupil, and it's not even close. But yet, we rank near the bottom of the list in terms of success," Trump stated. "Closing the Department of Education would provide children and their families the opportunity to escape a system that is failing them."

Trump announced Friday that some of the Education Department's remaining duties would be turned over to other federal agencies.

"I've decided that the SBA, the Small Business Administration headed by Kelly Loeffler, terrific person, will handle all of the student loan portfolio," Trump said.

The Education Department oversees $1.6 trillion in federally backed student loans that will now be transferred under the SBA's authority.

He noted that the federal student loan program was a "pretty complicated deal, and that's coming out of the Department of Education immediately."

"It'll be serviced much better than it has in the past," he added. "It's been a mess."

Trump also revealed that the HHS would handle programs regarding nutrition and students with special needs.

"[Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.], with the Health and Human Services Department, will be handling special needs and all the nutrition programs and everything else," Trump continued. "So I think that will work over very well."

"Those two elements will be taken out of the Department of Education," he added.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration faces a lawsuit filed last week by a group of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C. The complaint argues that Trump lacks the authority to terminate the ED.

On Thursday, Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from California, one of the states suing the administration, said his office plans to review Trump's executive action.

"The Trump Administration knows, and even acknowledges, that the President cannot eliminate the U.S. Department of Education without Congressional approval. Yet it continues to do everything it can to destroy the Department's ability to carry out its most vital, congressionally-mandated functions – with the clearly stated 'final mission' of shuttering the Department for good," Bonta stated.

"Last week, we sued the Trump Administration over the mass firing of Department of Education workers – another step in its end goal of dismantling the Department from within. And we will continue to take all necessary legal action to protect the rights of students in California and across the nation," he added.

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Former Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler has launched a conservative version of Stacey Abrams' Democratic get-out-the-vote group in the state, in a push to encourage Republicans to register and show up at the polls after the formerly red state flipped blue during the Jan. 5 runoffs.

What are the details?

On Monday, Loeffler unveiled Greater Georgia, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit with a mission to register more voters, reach more communities, and strengthen election transparency in the state.

In an ad posted to her Twitter feed, Loeffler noted that the state saw record high voter turnout in both the 2020 general election and in the runoff elections earlier this year, but that there were roughly 500,000 Georgians who cast their vote on Nov. 3 that did not show up for the Senate races in January — "a majority of whom were Republicans."

Do you feel like your voice was heard in the 2020 election? Do you feel your vote was secure?For too many the ans… https://t.co/8lfBQrB3z2
— Kelly Loeffler (@Kelly Loeffler)1614015388.0


Loeffler and fellow Republican Sen. David Perdue both lost to their respective Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the runoffs, flipping control of the U.S. Senate to Democrats who now run the White House and both chambers of Congress.

Loeffler appears to be taking a page out of Abrams' playbook — and taking the Democrat on.

Abrams, who lost to Gov. Brian Kemp (R) in the 2018 gubernatorial race, has blamed widespread voter suppression on her loss. The Democrat, who never conceded the race, launched a liberal group called Fair Fight in the aftermath of her defeat — and many credit Abrams' efforts with Democratic victories in the state in 2020 and 2021.

After Georgia was called for now-President Joe Biden in the general election, then-President Donald Trump lambasted Kemp and Georgia's Republican election officials, insisting that the election was rigged and that the integrity of the system was compromised.

The issues were litigated in court and several recounts were conducted, but many Trump supporters and the president himself remained soured. Some high-profile Trump allies, including attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, led a push for Republican Georgians to boycott the January runoffs in protest.

What's next?

Loeffler wants to build back the confidence lost by conservative voters and bring more into the ring, and she's thrown her own money into the Greater Georgia cause.

The Washington Examiner reported that "Loeffler, who has a background in finance and an estimated net worth of around $800 million, put seven figures into the organization and will be its chairwoman."

"Elections at every level have consequences — and we're already seeing the consequences of recent elections play out in Georgia and across the country," Loeffler says. "Conservatives have a winning message, we just need to go out and share it with more people."