Congress re-funds the Education Department

Published February 27, 2026 5:46am ET



Congress sent a spending bill to President Donald Trump in February, providing $78.9 billion in funding to the Education Department. That is about the same amount that taxpayers provided last year.

That might seem surprising because almost one year ago, Trump signed an executive order to abolish the agency.

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