The engagement is the latest sign of the billionaire’s expanding influence across the government, which already stretches into more than half a dozen agencies.

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire whom President Trump has tapped as the head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), boasted on his social platform X on Monday night that Trump

The billionaire’s budget-razing lackeys are said to have embedded themselves inside the department’s D.C. headquarters

Moreover, Trump’s administration is reportedly prepping an executive order aimed at dismantling the agency entirely.

President Trump is eyeing an executive order to dismantle the Education Department, which has placed dozens of staffers on leave in what their union says is a move to encourage resignations.

If Republican lawmakers in Congress execute Trump’s promises to slash the federal budget and cut spending on education, states and districts could be forced to dedicate a larger share of their finite budgets to the costs of serving students with disabilities, at the expense of other crucial priorities.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to streamline the US Department of Education by restructuring and moving functions to other agencies. This initiative aligns with President Trump's goal to cut federal spending and bureaucracy.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, a White House official said on Monday, adding an announcement on the planned actions may come later in February.