Reactions to Trump order to close Department of Education | ABC6

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Rep. Seth Magaziner said Rhode Island schools receive significant amounts of funding from the department, including services for special needs students: The Department of Education plays a vital role in ensuring every child has an equal opportunity to succeed and today, by ordering the dismantling of the department, President Trump has broken that commitment.
43% : Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that the event is a "code red" to anyone who is involved with public schooling: This is a code red for every public school student, parent, and teacher in this country.
41% : Trump is telling public school kids in America that their futures don't matter.
30% : Billionaires like Trump and Musk won't feel the difference when after school programs are slashed, class sizes go up, and help for families to pay for school gets cut.
30% : President Trump and Elon Musk's push to slash education funding to finance tax breaks for billionaires is as reckless as it is shameful.

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