Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow, as her department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at a White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she

McMahon has also repeatedly affirmed that only Congress can fully shut down the department, but she’s noted that closing the department is different from dismantling bureaucracy and co-managing operations with other cabinet level departments.

Linda McMahon is talking to "dozens" of Congress members about codifying the Education Department's biggest step toward extinction.

The Democrat's government shutdown proved, without a doubt, American's don't need the Department of Education," McMahon said during White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's news briefing.

"The Trump Administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said

In a recording obtained by Inside Higher Ed, the secretary explained why she’s moving several grant programs to other federal agencies and how it could benefit students.

Billionaire Linda McMahon sunk to a new low during a House hearing earlier this year, claiming that her Education department does not actually control education in the United States. This is of course a lie.