However, since taking office, Trump has said he would like to use executive action to dismantle or at least diminish the agency. And in a statement about his nomination of Linda McMahon for education secretary,

Those moves will "profoundly impact staff, budgets and agency operations here at the Department in coming months," McMahon wrote, signaling layoffs and cuts. When it comes to higher education and federal loans,

People walk in front of the Department of Education building, amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, in Washington,