NC State students voice concerns after President Trump signs order to dismantle Education Department

EDUCATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

AND SEND IT BACK TO THE STATES.

PRETTY CLEAR. WELL, THE TIME

HAS COME AND HERE HE IS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP EARLIER THIS

AFTERNOON CITING HIS 93RD

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF NOW HIS

SECOND TERM. SO LET'S TALK

ABOUT IT.

>> WE'RE UP.

>> THE GOAL IS RIGHT THERE IN

THE NAME IMPROVING EDUCATION

OUTCOMES BY EMPOWERING PARENTS,

STATES AND COMMUNITIES. IT SAYS

THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

SHOUT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT

APPROPRIATE AND PERMITTED BY

LAW TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS

TO FACILITATE THE CLOSURE OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE IT SAYS TAKE

ALL NECESSARY STEPS. YOU SEE

THE PRESIDENT CAN'T CLOSE THE

DEPARTMENT ALL BY HIMSELF.

HE NEEDS CONGRESS TO DO THIS

AND IT APPEARS THIS EXECUTIVE

ORDER COUNTS FOR THAT SHOW.

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR OUR

AREA? BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM

AND LONG-TERM WRAL'S, ASHLEY

PATTERSON WENT TO FIND OUT.

>> MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT I

SPOKE TO HERE SAY THAT THEY'RE

UNCERTAIN ABOUT HOW THIS

EXECUTIVE ORDER COULD IMPACT

THEM. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT

CLEAR WHO WILL NOW OVERSEE

THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

>> I'M ONE OF THE FEW LIKE

FIRST PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY GO TO

COLLEGE. A BIG PART OF TIMMY,

OBI LEAST JOURNEY FINANCIALLY.

I AM FROM LIKE A SINGLE MOM

FAMILY JUST STARTING HER TIME

HERE AT NC STATE AS AN

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT, SHE

EVENTUALLY PLANS TO GET A

GRADUATE DEGREE AS WELL.

I WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD FUTURE

FOR MYSELF AND SAID MY SOME

OF THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. BUT

UNCERTAINTY LOOMS FOR HER AND

OTHER STUDENTS AFTER PRESIDENT

TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER

TO SCALE BACK THE DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION. ACCORDING TO THE

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SYSTEM, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

RECEIVE ABOUT 1.5 BILLION

DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FINANCIAL

AID AND BILLIONS MORE IN

FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS. THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE

CRITICAL PROGRAMS WILL BE

PROTECTED, INCLUDING PELL

GRANTS AND STUDENT LOANS AND

SOME CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. THE

IDEA IS TO GIVE STATES MORE

AUTHORITY OVER FEDERAL PROGRAMS

OF THIS IS LIKE OUR LAW.

AND TALK TO TRACY RAPID RACHEL

CAVANAGH WITH A NORTH CAROLINA

ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT

FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS

OVER THE PHONE. THEY SAY FOR

NOW IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS

THEIR FUTURE, THEIR COLLEGE.

IT'S TAKING THAT WE WILL DO

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THAT

THAT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

WE'RE NOT WE HAVEN'T BEEN

ADVISED OF ANY CHANGES WITH

WHAT THEY'LL GRANT ORLEANS AT

THIS POINT. SO I WOULD SAY NOT

TO NOT TO GET TO WORRY. I THINK

THOSE THINGS WILL BE THE SAME.

CONGRESS WILL NEED TO GIVE THE

FINAL APPROVAL TO DISMANTLE

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,

FRESHMAN ISRAEL. MADDOX IS

HOPING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE

POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS THINK

OF STUDENTS LIKE HIM A VOTE IN

FAVOR OF KEEPING THE DEPARTMENT

OF EDUCATION IS A VOTE IN

FAVOR.

>> OF.

>> PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANT TO

MAKE THE COUNTRY A

BETTER PLACE.

>> DOESN'T THE PATTERSON, WRAL

NEWS SO DESTINY TOUCHED ON A

BIT OF WHAT'S NEXT NOW. SO WE

KNOW REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY

SAID THAT THEY ARE PLANNING

SOME LEGISLATION TO FOLLOW

THROUGH WITH THE PRESIDENT'S

ORDER. NORTH CAROLINA

CONGRESSWOMAN DEBORAH ROSS PUT

OUT HER STATEMENT TODAY SAYS

MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL FIGHT

THIS LEGAL ACTION WITH

EVERYTHING WE CAN. SO DEMOCRATS

ARE ALSO PLANNING TO FILE A

LAWSUIT HERE. BUT BARRING A

JUDGE'S ORDER, IT'S IMPORTANT.

REMEMBER, THE REPUBLICANS DO

CONTROL BOTH CHAMBERS OF

CONGRESS. SO FROST AND

DEMOCRATS WANT ANY CHANCE OF

BLOCKING A BILL TO CLOSE THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST