Linda McMahon, the nominee for President Donald Trump as Secretary of Education, confirmed the hearing on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee on February 13, 2025 at the Dicksson Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
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Senate votes on Monday to confirm former wrestling executives Linda McMahon As the nation’s education director, she placed her position in a department that President Donald Trump insulted and vowed to demolish.
McMahon will face Competitive tasks While lowering the education sector, efforts to reach Trump’s agenda have been gradually improved. Republican president has signed a thorough order to get rid of American schools Diversity Program and accommodation Transgender students Also required to expand School selection program.
Meanwhile, Trump has promised to close the department and said he wants McMahon to “get himself out of work.”
The Senate voted to confirm McMahon 51-45.
McMahon, 76, is the former CEO of Billionaire and World Wrestling Entertainment. An unconventional draft pick for the role. She spent a year on the state board of education in Connecticut and was a long-time trustee at Sacred Heart University, but otherwise had little traditional educational leadership skills.
McMahon’s supporters see her as A skilled executive Who will reform the department that Republicans say failed to improve American education. Opponents say she is not qualified and worried that students nationwide will feel their budget cuts.
“Americans believe in public education,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said before confirming the vote. “They don’t want to see the Department of Education abolish. If the Trump administration follows cuts in education, schools will lose billions of dollars.”
exist Her confirmation hearingMcMahon stays away from Trump’s remarks. The goal is to make the education sector “more efficient” than to make the grant program, she said.
She acknowledged that only Congress would have the right to close the department, she promised to retain I bonuses for low-income schools, Pell grants for low-income college students, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness However, she suggested that some actions could be moved to other departments, saying health and human services might be more suitable for execution Disabled Persons Rights Law.
McMahon confirmed the hearing weeks, and the White House is considering executing an order that would direct the education secretary to legally cut the agency as much as possible while requiring Congress to shut down the agency altogether. Some of McMahon’s allies urged the White House to hold orders until she confirmed that it would avoid a potential rebound.
Founded by Congress in 1979 by the Ministry of Education Main role It is to donate money to American schools and universities. It sends billions of dollars to K-12 schools every year and oversees $1.6 trillion of federal Student Loans Folder.
Trump believes the department has been replaced by liberals who impose ideology on American schools.
Schools and colleges have Navigation requirements Eliminate the risk of diversity programs that may have the potential to obtain federal funding. The Trump administration gave them a February 28 deadline. The education department addressed issues regarding its guidance in a document released Saturday, where to some extent, it would not be enough to change the program name of “diversity” or “equity” if they treat different students differently by race.
During the presidential campaign, Trump vowed to close the department and grant it power. Schools and states have significantly greater power over education than the federal government, which is prohibited from affecting curriculum. Federal funds account for about 14% of the public school budget.
The Trump administration has begun overhauling much of the department.
Trump adviser Elon Musk’s administration is less efficient Dozens of contracts It is considered “awakened” and wasted. It burned down the Institute of Educational Sciences, which collected data on academic progress in the country, which the government has Fired or suspended Dozens of employees.
Some cuts have stopped work ordered under federal law. McMahon said at the hearing that the agency would spend money instructed by Congress that she only audited Doge’s layoffs.
McMahon, a longtime Trump ally, left WWE in 2009 to start his political career, with two failed attempts to the U.S. Senate. She provided millions of dollars to Trump’s campaign and served as the leader of the Small Business Administration for his first semester.
