It directs the Secretary of Education to review all Department of Education "regulations and guidance documents" to "examine whether these regulations and guidance documents comply with Federal laws that prohibit the Department from exercising any direction, supervision, or control over areas subject to State and local control".
"We know that local communities do it best and know it best", Trump said, calling the order "another critical step to restoring local control, which is so important".
President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order directing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to conduct a study to "determine where the federal government has unlawfully overstepped on state and local control", a White House official said, The executive order is "intended to return authority to where Congress intended-state and local entities".
The order is tailor-made for the conservatives that animated Trump, many of whom have long complained about the federal government guiding education standards and practices in their local schools. "The time has come to empower parents and teachers to make the decisions that help their students achieve success". President Barack Obama's education department also offered states waivers from many mandates of the much-maligned No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for adopting other policies, such as using dramatic strategies to turnaround low-performing schools.
"This is a case of been there, done that, " Weingarten said.
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The Center for Education Reform, which advocates for charter schools, said Trump's executive order will promote innovation and freedom.
The executive order is one of several the president is signing this week as he seeks to notch accomplishments by Saturday, his 100th day in office.
DeVos will oversee an effort to "review, and if necessary, repeal regulations and guidance issued by the Department of Education to identify places where D.C.as overstepped its legal authority", Goad said.
The focus of the task force will be regulations and guidances issued in relation to K-12 education.
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