Summary
Trump is dismantling the Education Department and shifting education policy to states, but state officials across party lines say they’re unprepared for this change.
While details remain unclear, the plan would require congressional approval. Critical questions include who would handle federal funding for low-income schools, disability programs, and civil rights enforcement.
Many Republican education officials support reduced federal oversight, while critics warn states lack resources for accountability.
Some conservatives suggest transferring student loan programs to Treasury and converting education funding to block grants, which could potentially redirect public funds to private schools.
So basically, states raise taxes on everyone significantly, which will either not happen or extremely piss off a lot of people, or our kids’ education will be bare minimum? I don’t know about other states, but in my state, taxes already represent about half the cost of its taxes per year. I don’t mind it because it’s worth it, but if this suddenly gets much higher I than it already is, I’m not sure we can even handle that at all.
I don’t think anyone’s going to be given a choice. It’ll be “this is it, if you don’t like it, homeschool”. Of course education quality will nosedive, but the elite won’t mind. They have their fancy ivy leagues which will keep churning out their sons and daughters ready for succession.
It’s not that they didn’t mind, this is what they’ve been planning.
They don’t care about public schools. They want their kids in private Christian schools but paid for with federal government vouchers. You know, a religion-based government like the Taliban.