Trump has said he wants to leave school policy to the states, but state officials and lawmakers aren’t clear on what that would look like.

Donald Trump’s Department of Education has launched a new portal for Americans to rat out the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at their local public schools.

The education department primarily supports public education through financial aid programs, research funding and student loans.

U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence.

Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.

The Education Department has long been a target of conservatives. Over many years, presidential candidates, think tank analysts and Republican lawmakers have called for its elimination. All that came to naught. Trump promised to shut it down during his campaign and has tasked Elon Musk, who leads the U.S. DOGE Service, to start cutting.

The Department of Education was created by Congress in 1979 to track, manage and coordinate education programs and procedures at the federal level. Trump advisers have said they want to call on Congress to abolish the department, a move that's been floated over the years by Republicans but has always failed to gain widespread support.

The Trump administration has launched an “End DEI” portal on the Education Department website, which will allow parents to report instances of diversity, equity, and inclusion at public schools. Following President Donald Trump’s order to eliminate DEI initiatives,