RD-021 / Executive orderPUBLIC RECORD
The Education Department closure directive
The order directed the Education Secretary to take steps to facilitate closure of the Department of Education to the maximum extent permitted by law. [The White House]
Read the scope first.
The March 20, 2025 executive order; not a claim that the Department was abolished by executive action.
WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS
The record.
Section 2(a) directs steps to facilitate closure while expressly limiting the directive to what is permitted by law. [The White House]
KEEP THIS PART ATTACHED
The context.
Congress created the Department by statute. The order's own qualifier matters: it directs executive action within legal limits rather than repealing the statute itself. [The White House]
DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
Open the original.
- Primary document · The White HouseImproving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities
Section 2(a)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/
Correction history
No published corrections to this entry.
How to report an error →Full record and sources: https://trumpcansuck.it/receipts/education-department-closure-order/