The government’s government Donald Trump He asked the Supreme Court to allow her to abolish the Ministry of Education, which would result in educational policy entirely in the hands of states and local school committees.
The Ministry of Justice asked the Supreme Court to lift the judge’s ruling by Boston Mong Jun, who, on May 22, ordered Donald Trump’s government to restore workers who lost their jobs in the context of massive redundancies.
The Ministry of Education was established by law passing through Congress in 1979 and oversees more than 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools in the US, although 85% of public school funding comes from states and local government.
It provides federal grants for schools and special programs, such as money for teachers’ salaries for children with disabilities, funding good arts programs and replaces obsolete infrastructure. It also has under its supervision of $ 1.6 trillion for tens of thousands of Americans who are unable to pay their college studies.
The closure of the ministry has long been the target of many conservative policies in the US.
Attorney General from 20 states and the Columbia region, as well as educational trade unions and school districts, have appealed to the Justice to stop the Trump government, arguing that the president had usurped the powers of Congress, in violation of the Constitution.
On March 20, Trump signed a decree on the closure of the ministry, implementing a pre -election promise for the transfer of educational policy to the responsibility of states and local councils. The next day, Education Minister Linda McMon announced the plan of mass dismissal of workers. When Trump took over the presidency in January the ministry had 4,133 federal employeesthe number of which would be reduced to 2,183 in the context of this “last mission”.
Judge Juna, however, ordered the government to reinstate employees to their positions and not to transfer special needs and student loans programs to other federal services. The judge even rejected the argument of the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice who stated that the redundancies were intended to make the Ministry of Education more effective. On the contrary, he considered that the cuts were an attempt to close the ministry, without the necessary approval of Congress.
“This court cannot close his eyes while constantly fired the ministry’s employees and his services are transferred elsewhere until a blank shell becomes,” the judge said.
On June 4, the Boston Court of Appeal rejected Trump’s appeal requesting the order of Judge Jun.