Nearly 2,100 employees will be impacted by the mass layoffs, and they will be put on leave starting on March 21.
Some conservatives have long admired Trump’s desire to abolish the department, but doing so would need congressional permission.
The department employs about 4,000 individuals and has an annual budget of over $238 billion (£188 billion).
The agency was founded in 1979 and is responsible for managing student loan administration, public school funding, and low-income student assistance programs.
The agency is allegedly “indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material,” according to Trump.
It’s a popular misperception that the government runs US schools and creates curricula; states and local districts handle those tasks.
