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

While President Donald Trump moves to reducing the size and dismantling of the Ministry of Education in the end, an expert confirmed in contact with the stakeholders in the White House that management programs, including financing, student loans and civil rights protection, will continue.

“They want to make sure, especially with things such as schools for the first address for deprived students, high poverty fields to protect civil rights for girls in sports, and equality in race in education through the sixth address, will continue to implement the Ministry of Federal Education to what is not these burdens, these responsibilities. Interview.

Trump signed a long -awaited executive on Thursday to get rid of the Ministry of Education and direct the Minister of Education, Linda McMahon, to start the closure and transfer the main jobs, such as granting Pell and financing the first address, to other federal agencies.

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Perry said Thursday “will be the first step in a long and consistent operation, and the heavy employment to be able to continue to reduce its size.”

She said: “This is exactly what we have seen in the Ministry of Education already, but also continues to enforce civil rights and the responsibility of financial aid through the federal government until these special duties are transferred to other agencies.”

For example, Perry said that the application of civil rights will turn to the Ministry of Justice, while it will deal with student loans by the Ministry of Treasury.

“They are fully understood, and this is fun to hear that the White House should work with congress to empty full responsibilities to other agencies and to relax in the Ministry of Education in the end.”

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President Donald Trump used Linda McMahon to lead the Ministry of Education. (Reuters)

Perry said that the initial cuts so far inside the agency have focused slightly on reducing the critical race theory and its diversity, and the stock and inclusive initiatives, in line with Trump’s other executive orders.

She said: “But the only two rulers in the executive order take legal steps to continue to narrow the agency’s focus and continue to implement civil rights and manage the continuous federal financial programs, because these duties cannot be emptied to other agencies without changing the burden by working in Congress.”

Students who study in college or private schools with students ’loans or give Pell will continue to obtain their federal financing under Trump. Perry said that there is a “wrong belief” that schools will have to close or raise taxes due to a lack of budget caused by reducing the size of the administration, but “federal taxpayers spending in fact constitutes less than 10 % for each student financing in the state, and therefore the remaining amount is generally divided between local taxpayers, not federal tax motives.”

Since its establishment in 1979, the Ministry of Education’s budget has grown from about 14 billion dollars to about 268 billion dollars in the fiscal year 2024, which represents the total federal spending, according to the management and budget office.

Before the establishment of the administration, the student loans were administered through the guaranteed student loan program, which was established in 1965 under the Higher Education law. This program guarantees the federal government to ensure loans offered by non -profit banks and lenders for students who attend qualified institutions.

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The Ministry of Education was established by the Congress Law in 1979. (Erin Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Perry said that the focus should be on promoting education at government and local levels, while ensuring that federal supervision continues on student loans and civil rights laws and financing the first title for deprived students and low -income entrances.

“Therefore, the federal government will always obtain the responsibility for enforcement, application, and a kind of interpretation and sending this specific protection and financial bonds,” Perry said.

I suggested that these federal programs be dismissed or “stripped” from the Ministry of Education, which means that the role of the administration in its management can be reduced or transferred to other agencies.

Trump’s executive order fulfills a great promise of the campaign, with the aim of restoring local control of education and choosing backgrounds amid the ongoing cultural war.