Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program, according to a statement from the Department of Education Wednesday.

The email from the department indicated that the five programs were paused for review. Funding for the programs was approved and allocated by Congress in March, but the OMB has frozen the funds.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon wants Congress to use small bills to dismantle the Department of Education, she tells The Daily Signal.

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The Trump Administration can push through with its plans to dismantle the Department of Education after the Supreme Court allowed it to continue laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

An HKS expert in education policy outlines how schools, students, and states might be affected if the DOE is dismantled.

The Trump administration has created a partnership between Labor and Education departments to build an integrated federal education and workforce system as part of an effort to downsize the government.

Former Department of Education employees and education advocates told ABC News that they worry this ruling could harm the most vulnerable children in the country.

The U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, said in a statement Tuesday that artificial intelligence “drives personalized learning, sharpens critical thinking and prepares students with