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, teachers, and families—one that only benefits right-wing extremists who seek to privatize education. Tell your House Representative to protect the Department of Education and oppose H.R. 899.
Contacts for this topic:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to demand that [REP/SEN NAME] oppose any legislation, including H.R. 899, or efforts by the executive branch to abolish the Department of Education. Eliminating the department would devastate public schools, hurt students with disabilities, and strip away civil rights protections for millions of students. Education is a fundamental right, not a privilege for the wealthy.
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