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DoE Secretary: Trump ‘Not Looking to Defund Services that Go to States’

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday ordering the elimination of the Department of Education (DoE), Education Secretary Linda McMahon is reiterating that the president is “not looking to defund services that go to the states.”

During a Friday appearance on Breitbart News Daily, McMahon clarified how states will continue to receive funding, even as she works to wind down the Department of Education. Host Mike Slater asked the Education Secretary about states panicking because many receive anywhere from ten to twelve percent of their funding from the federal government.

“I said before that the president is not looking to defund the services that go to the states,” McMahon said.

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Slater specifically asked her about money that goes to programs for students with disabilities and special needs, noting that many callers have been concerned about what will happen to funding for those programs.

“That comes under IDEA, which is the Individual Disability Education Act. Before the Department of Education was established in 1980, IDEA was already in place. It was what was then HEW (The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), and Title I funding was already in place — it was long before there was the Department of Education,” she explained.

“I think that IDEA funding could very well, perhaps,