The Department of Education (ED) announced more than $350 million cancellations on “wake spending” on education and equity organisations on Friday as part of a broader attempt to reduce government waste .
ED has ended its 10 contract According to Ed of the ED, the Institute of Regional Education (REL) after “development of contracts wasted for the benefit of students and taxpayers, revealing ideologically-led spending.” press release. The contract totaled $336 million. The REL works with policymakers and people in the field of education across the United States to create a “policies, programs, practices,” an educational science research laboratory, to create a “policies, programs, practices,” and to create a “policies, programs, practices.” Supporting I said.
According to ed, Rel supported the cause of “waking up.” The Midwest Regional Education Institute suggested that Ohio schools would conduct “equity audits” and conversations. (Related: The federal government’s $190 billion handout for public schools only produced a small dent with poor student test scores, research shows.
“The department will enter into new contracts to meet statutory requirements, improve student learning, and provide services to the district, the Department of Education and other education personnel,” the press release read.
The division also put an end to a $33 million grant issued to four Equity Support Centres (EACs). The grant “supported DEI, critical racial theory, and gender identity division training for state and local educational institutions and boards of education,” according to the ed.
Department of Website The EAC argues that “ensures that all students have fair access to learning opportunities regardless of the child’s race, gender, national origin or religion.”
This is not the first significant reduction in spending in ED. Government Efficiency of Masks (DOGE) announcement Previous efforts to reduce sector spending on X. ED has cancelled 89 contracts and 29 DEI training grants totaling $881 million.
Also today, the Department of Education has ended its 89 contract worth $881 million.
One contractor was paid $1.5 million to “observe mail and administrative operations” at the postal center. ” https://t.co/vaaw1vnaoa
– Government Efficiency Bureau (@doge) February 11, 2025
Trump’s education director Linda McMahon said at a confirmation hearing Thursday that he would consider spending.
“If I’ve been confirmed, I don’t know yet what impact of all these programs are, so it’s my goal to participate and evaluate these types of programs,” she said.
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Friday’s Ed spending cuts comes a week after Democrats attempt Continue towards Ed’s building In Washington, D.C., President Trump protests his announcement of his plan to close the department. Trump had begun to close Ed and draft executive orders to direct Congress.
The protest also called on Doge to search for wasteful spending on ED, following the president. This followed after exposing the chronic misuse of federal funding USAID in a project that includes LGBT inclusion for Serbian workers, an Irish musical that incorporates day and transgender clinics in both India and Vietnam .
President Trump called the ED “a fraudulent job,” and said Wednesday he “hopes to close soon” while meeting reporters in his oval office.
