Linda McMahon, confirmed on Monday, March 3, 2025, as the election of President Donald Trump as the Secretary of Education, testifies during the trial at the Commission of the Senate, Education, Work and Retirement Committee in the Dirksen Senate building on February 13, 2025 in Washington (photo Win McNamee/Getty)
Washington – former director of World Wrestling Entertainment Linda McMahon He will be another secretary of education after the US Senate confirmed its offer on Monday.
McMahon – confirmed during voting in the party line, 51-45- He will now be responsible for a 45-year-old department, which enforces civil rights, issues federal student assistance, provides funds and to school districts with low income and guarantees free public education for disabled children through the Act on the education of disabled people.
Four senators did not vote, including republican sense. Shelley Moore Capito from Western Virginia and Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming, as well as democratic meaning. Elissa Slotkin from Michigan and Peter Welch from Vermont.
But President Donald Trump conducted a campaign based on the promise of dismantling the federal agency and may soon issue an executive order to reduce department.
He even said that he wanted McMahon to “get out of work.” He has not yet issued any orders trying to finish the department.
McMahon background
McMahon served as a co-chairman of the Trump transition team, led the Small Business Administration during the first term of the White House and is the chairman of the board of First Policy Institute-Think Tank Trump.
Her educational documentation includes survival in the Connecticut Board of Education, and she is a member of the Trust Council in Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.
McMahon’s confirmation occurred after a procedural vote last week, where she Advanced 51-47 in voting on the party line. Republican sense. Kevin Cramer from northern Dakota and Todd Young from Indiana did not vote in this round.
Opposition of Democrats
Democrats as well as leading educational and civil rights groups were very opposed to McMahon’s nominations.
“McMahon’s confirmation would be a blow to the face of students, parents, teachers – who care about our public schools,” said the leader of the minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer from New York during comments on the floor of the Senate on Monday before voting.
Meanwhile, Trump’s extensive education program has already begun to rule in weeks since the office was taken.
His executive orders related to education include Ban on transgender athletes Competition of women in school sports teams in accordance with their sexual identity; priorities Financing of the school; The end of what the administration considers is “radical indoctrination in the K-12 training”; and taking “additional means to combat anti -Semitism.”
The department has already started investigating the title of IX to school districts, universities and sports associations throughout the country. Maine Education Department and the school district in Washington’s condition They belong to the research.
