Executive Order 13791: Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education
President: Donald J. Trump
Directed the Education Secretary to check department rules and guidance against statutory limits on federal control of schools.
Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13791 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13791 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13791 do?
EO 13791 instructed the Education Secretary to review regulations and guidance under federal education laws for possible conflict with restrictions on federal direction of curriculum, instruction, staffing, textbooks and library materials. It called for lawful rescission or revision of identified guidance and proposed rules within 300 days. The cited statutes, including the Every Student Succeeds Act, supply the legal limits; the order did not itself withdraw a federal grant condition or rewrite school curricula. The official sources reviewed here do not establish which specific documents were changed in response, so that implementation remains unverified.
Before and after
Before the order
Federal education programs were already constrained by statutory limits on federal control.
After the order
The department was directed to review its own rules and guidance; specific completed changes were not verified.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Education Secretary | Review regulations and guidance | Under DEOA, GEPA and ESEA |
| Education Department | Rescind or revise identified material if lawful | Within 300 days |
What happened next
EO 13791 signed.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The order reinforced named federal statutory restrictions but did not alter those statutes or automatically invalidate a regulation.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
How we checked this
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