President Trump signing the executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education symbolically 'starves the beast'.
That's according to University of Akron political science professor Dr. David Cohen.
But while it looks to make the department as inefficient as possible, it also carries major implications for local districts.

"Public schools across the country only get about six to 13 percent of their budget from the federal government and the Department of Education," Dr. Cohen said. "It does pay for a lot of important things."

Nonetheless-important things like Title I funding, which covers things like special education and rural school funding.

"It'll impact every single public school in the state of Ohio," said Cohen. "They're going to have to find 10 percent of their budget from somewhere else.

And Cohen warns that sooner or later, taxpayers will be on the hook to pick up the slack - especially with the state also cutting education funding.
He adds the executive order defies our Constitutional system of checks and balances.

"The President can't just sign an executive order and eliminate the Department of Education. That has to be done by the United States Congress."

All that being said, Cohen expects the issue to weave through the courts, which Trump and his administration have already flouted.

"The Executive Branch is the branch that's responsible for enforcing the law, so if the courts rule against them, is the Executive Branch going to listen to the courts or is it simply going to ignore them?" said Cohen.

Campbell Schools Superintendent Matthew Bowen told 21 News on the phone "It is very early in the process. Although from our understanding, most all K-12 formula programs, including IDEA, Title I, Title IV – A, and REAP will not be affected.

"There will be discretion in allocating funds that did not receive a specific funding level. The state has always had a system and process to allocate federal funds. With the federal funds, mostly remaining intact, there may not be as much disruption as anticipated with the majority of all federal funds remaining whole."

"We all need to take a deep breath and trust our state leadership to best care for the many students throughout our great state of Ohio with the allocation of these federal funds which remain whole. Downsizing the federal government while keeping federal funds and programs intact has promise.  We will closely monitor the situation here in the Campbell City Schools."