U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. has come out in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday that effectively dismantles the country’s Department of Education, saying she prefers to keep these choices closer to home.

“Educational decisions should be made at the most local level possible- starting with parents,” she said in a post to X Thursday.

“[Trump] and Linda McMahon are putting students and families first. This is the way.”

“Educational freedom opens the door to the American Dream nationwide,” she continued.

“Let’s make America the envy of the world again when it comes to education.”

Trump cannot immediately eliminate the Education Department due to its establishment by Congress, but he vowed Thursday to eliminate the agency “once and for all,” according to a report from USA Today.

Some key elements of the order include:

• Decreased funding for specific federal education initiatives, particularly in areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and “gender ideology”
• Development of a strategy to redirect federal education funds to states, local governments, and individual students
• Maintenance of federal support for students with disabilities and underprivileged schools
• Continuation of federal student loan programs

The Trump administration has already significantly reduced the department’s workforce by approximately 50% through layoffs and voluntary departures, according to a report from Kiplinger Consumer News Service and Tribune News Service.

While supporters hail this move as a step toward educational freedom and local control, some critics argue that it could lead to inconsistent educational standards across the country and potentially reduce resources for disadvantaged students.

“It is clear that our current education system isn’t working,” Britt said in a recent statement to AL.com.

“For far too long, the Department of Education has catered to far-left bureaucrats at the expense of students and parents.”

“Secretary McMahon will get bureaucracy out of the way so educational decision-making is driven by those closest to it, not federal bureaucrats,” she continued.

McMahon, the former CEO of professional wrestling enterprise WWE and Trump’s pick as Education secretary, told senators during her confirmation hearing in February that “it is not the president’s goal to defund the programs, it’s only to have it operate more efficiently’’ and “return education to the states.”

Trump told reporters earlier that month that he hoped McMahon would put herself “out of a job.”