Linda McMahon, the brand new secretary of Training, despatched out the company’s “final mission” message to staffers after her affirmation vote on Monday, previewing President Trump’s plans to roll up the division.
In her message, McMahon mentioned she is able to tackle certainly one of Trump’s “most momentous campaign promises to families” and “send education back to the states.”
Trump has repeatedly expressed need to eradicate the federal Training Division, saying earlier than McMahon’s party-line Senate affirmation that he had instructed her to place herself “out of a job.”
The message targeted on the division’s “new era of accountability” and the way the upcoming months of reducing paperwork from the company will result in massive modifications.
“This restoration will profoundly impact staff, budgets, and agency operations here at the Department. In coming months, we will partner with Congress and other federal agencies to determine the best path forward to fulfill the expectations of the President and the American people. We will eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy so that our colleges, K-12 schools, students, and teachers can innovate and thrive,” McMahon mentioned.
She laid out the three convictions staffers might want to have: dad and mom ought to select their kids’s training; taxpayer-funded faculties are for math and studying, “not divisive DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] programs and gender ideology;” and postsecondary training needs to be for creating well-paying jobs helpful to the workforce.
“Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make the best educational choices for their children. An effective transfer of educational oversight to the states will mean more autonomy for local communities. Teachers, too, will benefit from less micromanagement in the classroom — enabling them to get back to basics,” McMahon mentioned.
The brand new Training secretary additionally talked about Trump’s govt orders selling faculty alternative and ridding faculties of crucial race principle and DEI applications.
The message comes after dozens of staffers have already been placed on administrative depart and thousands and thousands of {dollars} in federal training contracts have been canceled as Trump and Elon Musk transfer to dramatically reshape and scale back the federal authorities.
Whereas the long run is unsure for Training Division workers, McMahon mentioned, “every staff member of this Department should be enthusiastic about any change that will benefit students.”
