Student loans, Pell grants will continue despite DOE downsizing, expert says

While President Donald Trump moves to reduce and eventually dismantle Department of EducationA specialist in contact with the White House stakeholders assured that department programs, including financing, student loans and civil rights protection, would continue.

“They want to be convinced, especially with things like schools and titles and for people in an adverse position, and high areas of poverty to protect civil rights for girls in sports, equality races in education through the title of the sixth title will continue to be conducted through the Federal Ministry of Education as long as they are burdened, and those responsibilities, they cannot move to another place.

Trump signed The long -awaited executive command on Thursday to remove the education department and sent education minister Linda McMahon to initiate the exclusion procedure and convey key functions, such as Pell Grants and Financing of Titles and, to other federal agencies.

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Perry said that the command on Thursday “would be the first step in a very long, consistent working intensive process so that he could continue the operation of the reduction.”

“This is exactly what we have seen that the Education Department is already working, but we also continue to implement responsibility for civil and financial assistance through the Federal Government until these certain duties are transferred to other agencies,” she said.

For example, Perry said, conducting civil rights would be switched to Ministry of Justice, while the student loan processes would be managed by the Treasury Department.

“They fully understand, and this is grateful to hear that White house She has to work with Congress to transfer full responsibilities to other agencies and end up the education department at the end, “she added.

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Perry said that the initial cuts so far, within the agency, are closely focused on reducing the critical theory of race and diversity, initiative for equality and involvement, in accordance with Trump’s other executive commands.

“But the only two provisions of the executive order are taking legal steps to continue narrowing the focus of the agency and the continuation of the implementation of civil rights and the management of liquid federal financial programs, because these duties cannot be transferred to other agencies without transferring the cargo to congress procedures,” she said.

Students attending college or private schools with student loans or grants will continue to receive federal funding according to Trump’s order. Perry said that there was a “misconception” for schools to be forced to close or increase taxes due to budget defects caused by a reduction of the departments, but “federal consumption of taxpayers actually accounts for less than 10% by the financing of students in the country, so the remaining amount is generally divided between local and state taxes, not federal taxes.”

Since its founding in 1979, the Budget of the Department of Education has increased from approximately 14 billion to around $ 268 billion in the Fiscal year 2024, which makes up 4% of the total federal consumption, according to The The Office for management and budget.

Prior to the creation of the department, the federal student loans were managed through the guaranteed student loan program, founded in 1965 under the Higher Education Act. This program included a federal government that guarantees loans provided by banks and non -profit lenders to students attending acceptable institutions.

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Perry said that the focus should be on strengthening education at the state and local level, while providing continuous federal supervision of student loans, the Civic Rights Act and the Financing of Title 1 for low -revenue students.

“Therefore, the federal government will always have a responsibility for the implementation, application and type of interpretation and sending and special protection and their financial associations,” Perry said.

She suggested that these federal programs can be separated or “seized” from the education department, which means that the role of the department in their management can be reduced or transferred to other agencies.

Trump’s executive command fulfills a great promise of a campaign with the aim of returning to local education control and return to school in the middle of the culture war.