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Can Trump shut the Department of Education?

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The Department of Education employs 4,400 people and has an annual budget of $79 billion .

Unlike the British Department for Education , the department is not responsible for setting the curriculum.

Republicans have been trying to kill the department since it was established as a cabinet-level agency under President Carter in 1979 .