Department of Education directed toward closure
Enacted5/10
Federal · Executive Order 14242 · Signed Mar 20, 2025
Impact 5/10
Directs the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the department. The Supreme Court allowed roughly 1,400 layoffs to proceed in July 2025, and in November 2025 the department signed agreements transferring administration of most major programs to Labor, HHS, State, and Interior. Title I, Pell Grants, and IDEA remain in law; litigation over the dismantling continues.
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