Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s proposed 15% cut to the Education Department’s budget during a heated House hearing, framing it as part of the agency’s “final mission” to return control to the states and shrink federal oversight.

There's a federal law that helps homeless students get an education. It's administered by the U.S. Education Department, and schools worry there's no plan for the program if the department closes.

More than 7.5 million U.S. public school students live with a disability, according to a federal Department of Education data. Nearly 6.3 million of them live in states that do not require schools to make specific emergency plans for students with disabilities.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Tuesday announced she will prioritize three issues: evidence-based literacy, expanding school choice and returning education to the states.