The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as an aggressive enforcer of President Donald Trump’s social agenda, moving quickly and publicly to investigate school districts, colleges and universities, state education departments, and athletic associations and threaten their federal funding.

Local school officials say they don't expect the order to end the U.S. Department of Education or most of the department's funding.

The Department of Education is the latest victim in President Trump’s slash and burn downsizing of the federal government. It’s been gutted by layoffs and California is now suing to try to stop the cuts.

The Trump administration gave Maine an ultimatum to ban transgender athletes from girls sports by Thursday, and state school officials appear to have defied it.