Leads the Department of Education, focused on educational choice and workforce readiness.
- School Choice: Promoting policies to expand parental choice and competition in the education system.
- Vocational Training: Strengthening partnerships between educational institutions and industries to improve workforce readiness.
- Administrative Efficiency: Streamlining department operations and reducing federal mandates on local school districts.
- Student Loan Forgiveness Credit Clawback (August 2026): The Education Department began clawing back credit toward student loan forgiveness due to alleged errors made during the Biden administration, disrupting the forgiveness program. Source: Politico, 2026-08-16
- Graduate Student Loan Caps & Institutional Lending (September 2026): Following administration and congressional GOP caps on federal student lending for graduate degrees, colleges and universities began establishing independent institutional lending programs to circumvent federal loan restrictions. Source: Politico, 2026-09-05
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Data verified as of September 2026.