{"id":2399299,"date":"2025-02-05T14:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-education-plan-to-unshackle-states-boost-choice-preserve-gi-bill-loans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:23:54","slug":"trump-education-plan-to-unshackle-states-boost-choice-preserve-gi-bill-loans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-education-plan-to-unshackle-states-boost-choice-preserve-gi-bill-loans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump education plan to unshackle states, boost choice, preserve GI Bill, loans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-education-plan-to-unshackle-states-boost-choice-preserve-gi-bill-loans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2399299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s educational\u200c reform plan aimed at\u2063 dismantling the \u2064Department of \u200cEducation, which employs 4,400 \u200cbureaucrats, and shifting control of\u200c schools to states. Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vision includes enhancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">school choice<\/a><\/a> and ensuring the continuation of essential funding for higher education, like the GI Bill. Proponents view this \u200cas \u2062an chance to counter previous federal efforts under President Biden to centralize educational control.At a recent meeting with \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kentucky-gov-attended-private-school-despite-claiming-to-be-a-proud-product-of-public-education\/\" title=\"Report: Kentucky Gov. Attended Private School Despite Claiming To Be A \u2018Proud Product Of Public ...\u2019\">school choice advocates<\/a> at the White House, Trump showed a strong commitment \u2064to empowering \u200cparents and expanding educational freedoms. The discussion included \u2062ways to better facilitate state-led education while maintaining some federal support for programs like student loans. Trump is reportedly preparing to sign an executive order to initiate this dismantling, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-fact-checker-redefines-energy-independence-to-silence-biden-critics\/\" title=\"Facebook Fact-Checker Redefines \u201cEnergy Independence\u201d to Silence Biden Critics\">long-held goal<\/a> of the GOP since\u200c the Department&#8217;s establishment under President Jimmy Carter in 1980.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump education plan to unshackle states, boost choice, preserve GI Bill, loans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1978101\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In his plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3309452\/trump-team-working-proposal-gut-department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dismantle<\/a> the 4,400-bureaucrat Department of Education, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> wants to free up states to control schools, boost school choice, and preserve key funding elements for higher education.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>For proponents, it is a &ldquo;magic moment&rdquo; that would end former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s mad dash to federalize and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3310036\/education-department-spent-hundreds-of-millions-injecting-dei-into-school-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">radicalize schools<\/a> by instead giving Washington, D.C., a &ldquo;light-handed&rdquo; touch on what has always been a state and local responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3242203\/what-items-affected-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PRICES ON THESE ITEMS COULD BE AFFECTED BY TRUMP TARIFFS ON MEXICO, CANADA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a White House meeting with school choice leaders last Friday, Trump was expected to stop by for a quick cheer. But insiders told <em>Secrets<\/em> that he instead stayed much longer to lay out his plans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#127482;&#127480;President Trump welcomed pro-school choice leaders to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> for National School Choice Week, reaffirming his commitment to empowering parents and championing educational freedom.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikaDonalds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ErikaDonalds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlennYoungkin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SarahHuckabee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillLeeTN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillLeeTN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffLandry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffLandry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellyannePolls?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KellyannePolls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z5XeBcuSnP\">pic.twitter.com\/z5XeBcuSnP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1885453408800211137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>His challenge, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/alec.org\/person\/jonathan-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jonathan Williams,<\/a> president and chief economist of the American Legislative Exchange Council, was, &ldquo;How do we make sure that this magic moment in time for education freedom is something that we can accomplish for the most possible for students and parents across the country?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting, Williams said several governors and education experts offered Trump ideas on how they have bettered student education back home.<\/p>\n<p>Williams offered his team&rsquo;s new &ldquo;Index of State Education Freedom&rdquo; that scores states with choice and other programs for students and parents. Florida is No. 1 on their list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are in the midst of an educational renaissance in America. The newly released ALEC Index of State Education Freedom was created to provide a detailed and comprehensive 50-state analysis of what learning options are available and accessible to families.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6A7F0ygbRW\">https:\/\/t.co\/6A7F0ygbRW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/miWKkdAm5j\">pic.twitter.com\/miWKkdAm5j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Legislative Exchange Council (@ALEC_states) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALEC_states\/status\/1882462747738374533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Trump pledged to expand state and local freedom from Washington as part of his plan to empty the Department of Education that controls a budget of $79 billion and is often accused of being controlled by the nation&rsquo;s two major teachers unions.<\/p>\n<p>Williams said that the roundtable discussion on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">school<\/a> choice with Trump focused, in part, on the department.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was very curious as to what thoughts we had on that and I think you had so many people agreeing with the idea of devolving at least a lot of the function, even if some of the federal support, for instance, continues to go to higher ed, student violence and things like that. It could be structured much differently and more effectively,&rdquo; said Williams.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;I think the big piece of this is like, why do we have this massive piece of real estate, an ugly building right on the Mall in Washington, D.C., employing how many thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bureaucrats<\/a> that have never educated a kid out of that building in their entire 40-year-plus history? And how do we rethink education? How do we rethink the way that government does business.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> for expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families in Virginia and across our nation! &#127822; &#128218;&#9999;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l1axCSxiXi\">pic.twitter.com\/l1axCSxiXi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1886507877965201549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In the meeting, Trump and the officials also discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">higher education<\/a> funding in addition to helping states, many of which have seen test and reading scores drop since the COVID-19 crisis despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-salvador-seeks-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-legal-tender\/\" title=\"El Salvador Seeks To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender\">massive federal spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a lot of discussion around, how can the federal government support the effort of the states and do it in a light-handed way that is not overly burdensome on state autonomy and federalism. I think that&rsquo;s going to be the key &mdash; can you continue these functions such as student loans and things like the GI Bill,&rdquo; said Williams. &ldquo;There can be a very positive element of federal facilitation of it, but not do it in a way that is overly burdensome to the states that need to lead the effort on education broadly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to sign an executive order any day on dismantling the Department of Education. That has been a GOP goal ever since former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jimmy Carter<\/a> established it in 1980, the same year he lost to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ronald-Reagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ronald Reagan<\/a> whose plan to kill the department with legislation failed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The biggest piece of it is how do we make sure that we can get that function out of D.C., into the states, but also keep some of those federal pieces of facilitation that will be necessary to keep programs running for the people that are relying on those at the same time,&rdquo; said Williams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1978101\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1978101\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s education plan aims to empower states, enhance school choice, and maintain vital funding for higher education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2399300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-plane-briefing-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45598,49883,38091,49882,3634],"class_list":["post-2399299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education-plan","tag-gi-bill","tag-school-choice","tag-state-autonomy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-plane-briefing-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399303,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399299\/revisions\/2399303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}