President Trump is expected to soon issue an executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education. Because many of the programs administered by the department were created through acts of Congress, it is likely Trump will first seek to reshuffle responsibilities to other Cabinet agencies.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would like to close the U.S. Department of Education using an executive order but acknowledged he would need buy-ins from Congress and teachers' unions to fulfill his campaign pledge to do so.

A draft of Trump's order to dismantle the education department, obtained by the Washington Post, acknowledges that only Congress can get rid of the agency outright, but executive action could direct the agency to begin to wind itself down.