President Donald Trump, in the first month-and-a-half of his second term, has issued a flurry of executive orders, frozen or terminated federal spending in unprecedented ways, and empowered the world’s richest man to pursue a sweeping and fast-moving campaign of disruption and downsizing across the federal government.

The likely shutdown of the Department of Education and Trump's executive orders affect Brevard students in a myriad of ways.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Friday that President Trump is moving forward with an executive order to dismantle the Education Department. “I think he certainly intends to sign the order, and we’ve talked about it.