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    The End Is Nigh for the Department of Education

    Bad news: Tax Day is just one month away. But the U.S. Department of Treasury just announced a rare gift for taxpayers: A dose of sanity on college loans. Today, the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury Department signed an agreement that helps wind down the education agency, moves more responsibilities over college loans…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    • Opinion

    The Department of Education Can Still Give Taxpayers a Fair Deal

    Taxpayers may finally get a fair deal. A recent court ruling has created another path for the U.S. Department of Education to eliminate a costly student-loan repayment plan known as Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE. Doing so would relieve taxpayers who have increasingly been asked to shoulder the cost of student debt through expansive debt-cancellation schemes.  Despite the policy’s moniker, SAVE did anything but save money for taxpayers.   SAVE, created under the Biden…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    EXCLUSIVE: Senators Ask Education Department to Collaborate on Student Loan Fraud Probe

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—In a letter shared with The Daily Signal, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, unveiled their plans to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse in federal education funding and the Biden-era student loan “bailout agenda.” The senators’ announcement follows their appointment by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chairman of the…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Introduces Amendment to Stop Democrats From Blocking Education Department Closure

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., has introduced an amendment to stop Democrats from blocking the closure of the Education Department. In the bill to fund the departments of Health, Labor, and Education, Democrats had inserted a provision to block funds previously appropriated to the Department of Education “for any activity relating to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    What the Education Department’s New Portal Means for Foreign Influence on University Campuses

    On Jan. 2, the Department of Education officially launched its new and improved portal for universities to report foreign funding. In an earlier update, the department noted, the “current reporting portal had not been meaningfully updated since the first Trump administration.” This new portal is intended to make it easier for higher ed institutions to…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    Exclusive: How Labor Secretary Is Helping Linda McMahon Dismantle the Department of Education

    Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said she expects to see success from the Labor Department taking on the responsibilities of the Education Department. The Department of Education and the Labor Department integrated the federal government’s education and workforce portfolio. The change positioned the Labor Department as the headquarters for all federal workforce programs and executed the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • 28 Congressional Democrats Sign Letter Demanding Department of Education Allow Biological Males in Girls Sports

    Twenty-eight congressional Democrats signed a letter Wednesday condemning the Department of Education for ruling that public schools that allow biological males who identify as transgender to play girls sports are violating Title IX civil rights legislation. Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined 27 House Democrats in signing the letter, which charged that the department’s order…
    Peter Hasson
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  • Department of Education to Probe Athletic Program Allowing Transgender Females to Compete With Girls

    The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is opening an investigation into whether female high school athletes were discriminated against when the state of Connecticut allowed males who identify as females to compete with them. The three high school girls pursuing the complaint include Selina Soule, who earlier this year missed qualifying for the…
    Carmel Kookogey
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  • Trump ‘Skinny’ Budget Blueprint Puts Department of Education on a Diet

    For the first time in decades, an administration is significantly trimming the budget at the Department of Education. The Trump administration’s budget blueprint, or “skinny budget,” cuts $9 billion from the agency’s $68 billion budget, trimming spending at the department to $59 billion. That represents a 13 percent reduction in discretionary spending, demonstrating a commitment…
    Lindsey Burke
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  • How to Parent: A Department of Education Guide

    A few years ago, the Obama administration caught backlash after the Department of Education released suggested lesson plans to schools in conjunction with a national back-to-school address that the president was delivering on Sept. 8, 2009. But federally directed lesson plans are so 2009. On Friday the Department of Education released a “checklist” designed to “help…
    Lindsey Burke
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