The reduction of staff has not yet attacked the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid Office, despite orders to drastically reduce staff and work to remove the agency.
The Ministry of Education announced half of the plan on March 11, President Donald Trump An executive order was signed Thursday to close the agency.
But those who handle student loan services did not let go.
“Employees who do not engage in FAFSA or student loan services are affected by the reduction of force,” Ministry of Education spokesman Madi Biedermann said in a statement to Fox News Digital Digitalization.
According to its 2024 report, the Department of Education’s federal student aid process has more than 17.6 million free federal student aid application (FAFSA) forms each year, with approximately 1,400 employees.
Trump still needs Congress’ help to abolish the education sector
President Donald Trump signed an executive order at a ceremony held at the White House on March 20, 2025 to reduce the size and scope of the education sector. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
At the same time, the Trump administration’s education department said that compared with the same period last year, the processing scope of FAFSA forms is higher than that of the Biden administration. The agency announced on March 17 that it has submitted and processed 8 million FAFSA forms 2025-2026 – a 50% increase compared to the previous year.
A Gallup poll released in February showed that Americans’ satisfaction with their educational status has dropped dramatically over the past decade. The poll found that as of January 2025, only 24% of Americans were satisfied with the quality of education in the United States, compared with 37% in January 2017.
Trump’s order to revoke the education department comes after he has long resisted the agency, claiming in September that he wanted to reduce the federal government’s influence on education to “stop abuse of your taxpayer dollars to instill American youth.”
Trump said Thursday that despite plans to narrow the agency, the department’s functions are responsible for overseeing the functions of Pell grants, student loans, and others serving people with special needs. However, they will move to other institutions.
“They will be kept intact to various other agencies and departments that will take great care of them,” Trump said.
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President Donald Trump signed an educational event and executive order in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
The White House fact sheet on the Executive Order says the directive is intended to “transform education into a family rather than a bureaucracy” and directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take all the necessary steps to promote the closure of the Department of Education and the Return Education Department while ensuring effective and unparalleled services, and being subject to effective and uninterrupted services by services and benefiting from Americans. ”
Supporters of the closure of the institution cite “the national transcript” that is released every two years in the 2024 National Education Progress Assessment. The test test tested four and eighth grade students and found that eighth grade students’ almost stagnant math scores were almost stagnant.
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Meanwhile, the executive order faces multiple lawsuits from unions, school districts and other groups who believe it is illegal to eliminate the department because only Congress has the authority to close federal agencies.
Additionally, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.
“The court must take action to uphold the rule of law and prevent Donald Trump’s tyranny regime,” Schumer said in a statement Thursday.
However, McMahon The department said the ministry will work with Congress to continue its plans to close the agency.
“We will comply with the law and responsibly eliminate bureaucracy through Congress’ work to ensure a legal and orderly transition,” McMahon said in a statement Thursday.
