The Education Department has pledged to carry out required functions, but questions remain about its plan for contending with the loss of staff.

In a statement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office said "the efforts to give states more control and flexibility in implementing education policy is welcomed."

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court.

The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association, slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday for siding with the Trump administration on dismantling the Department of Education.

A funding freeze from the Department of Education is affecting after-school programs in Omaha, leaving education advocates concerned about the future of essential services across the state. Collective for Youth, which supports local after-school programs, initially anticipated receiving $1.7 million on July 1 to sustain its operations.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.

The United States Department of Education was born as a political payoff by then-president Jimmy Carter to reward teachers’ unions for supporting his candidacy. While it doesn’t operate any schools or educate any children,