Treasure Coast schools receive millions in federal funds. "I hope we don't lose what we need for our kids. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed."

Local school officials say they don't expect the order to end the U.S. Department of Education or most of the department's funding.

The directive comes after the Senate voted to confirm Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to lead the agency on March 3. McMahon issued a memo later that day outlining her support for the Trump administration's plans for the department and that she would oversee a "new era of accountability" in the agency's final days.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday shuttering the Department of Education, fulfilling a long-standing conservative wish to do away with the agency. Trump’s order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take the “necessary steps” to close the $268 billion agency and transfer its authority back to the states.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ordering the dismantling of the Department of Education. It comes after the department's announcement last week that it would lay off nearly half of its staff.

The president campaigned extensively on a promise to dismantle the department and appointed an education secretary keen to carry out the task.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to start dismantling the Department of Education, saying he wants to return education authority to the states. "Today, we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making,

President Donald Trump will sign an order Thursday to start dismantling the Department of Education, fulfilling an election campaign pledge.