Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday she would launch an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the Department of Education and how it will impact students at public schools.
“I’m opening an investigation to hear directly from students, parents, teachers, and borrowers who are being hurt by Donald Trump’s dangerous agenda,” the lawmaker wrote in a Thursday post on the social platform X.
“Their stories matter—and they are why I’m in this fight.”
The probe will be undertaken by Warren’s Save Our Schools campaign, which was launched in April of this year, according to ABC News.
The Massachusetts senator will collect testimonies from educational and civil rights groups including the NAACP, American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association, as reported by the outlet.
“I request your assistance in understanding whether the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department will jeopardize students’ access to affordable, accessible, and high-quality public education,” Warren wrote in the series of letters to the organizations.
She requested a response by May 22 as Education Secretary Linda McMahon pushes ahead with efforts to close the federal oversight agency for national education standards.
McMahon has argued that taxpayer dollars fueling the department should be returned to states for disbursement.
However, Warren says that will ultimately fail students from vulnerable populations.
“School districts are already preparing for potential funding delays or cuts caused by the dismantling of the Department, with states sounding the alarm about the impact of these funding disruptions on programs like free school lunches for low-income students,” Warren wrote in her letter, according to ABC.
The lawmaker pledged to continue making the case for the importance of the Department of Education despite extreme overhauls on the horizon of a complete shutdown.
An official vote from Congress would be required to dissolve the agency permanently.
