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White House Prepares New Rescissions Package to Cut Education Funding

It follows July’s $9.4 billion rollback of public broadcasting coupled with defunding of USAID, extending the rescissions process to education funding that has yet to be defined.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) Joined by children seated at school desks, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration and co-founder of the World Wrestling Entertainment, to shrink the $100 billion department, which cannot be dissolved without Congressional approval. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Overview

  • Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair said the White House will introduce its second rescissions package soon, this time including cuts to education funding.
  • Administration officials have not specified which previously authorized education programs will face rescissions; they are consulting with key senators on line-item reductions.
  • The rescissions mechanism permits the cancellation of unspent, authorized funds by simple-majority vote; GOP leaders praise it as a means to reclaim taxpayer dollars.
  • Earlier this month, Congress approved a $9.4 billion rescission targeting NPR, PBS plus USAID; it was the first congressional use of the process in decades.
  • Critics including Senate Democrats warn that bypassing standard appropriations could erode bipartisan budget deals; some argue it may destabilize federal funding processes.