1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Protect the Department of Education! The Trump administration is working to fulfill a campaign promise to abolish the Department of Education. Details are being finalized for an executive order that will have a two-part strategy to dismantle the agency. First, it will use executive authority to scale back the department's functionality and workforce. Second, it will call for a legislative plan to redistribute the department's power to other agencies until the department is ultimately shuttered. House Republicans have also reintroduced H.R. 899, a one-line bill to eliminate the Department of Education. These changes would slash federal funding for public schools, eliminate support for students with disabilities, end enforcement of civil rights protections in education, and abolish federal student loan programs. This is a direct attack on students (my 4 year old son with an IEP included), teachers, and families-one that only benefits wealthy right-wing extremists who seek to privatize education. It is your sworn oath to protect the constitution and all citizens of this country. You must standup and protect the Department of Education and oppose H.R. 899.