For the record, this department has been enacted through legislation, so (IANAL) cannot be disbanded through Executive Orders: > There is established an execut

For the record, this department has been enacted through legislation, so (IANAL) cannot be disbanded through Executive Orders: > There is established an executive department to be known as the Department of Education. The Department shall be administered, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, under the supervision and direction of a Secretary of Education. The Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. * https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/3411 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/3411 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Edu... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education#Promotion_to_department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ed...