PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — As the Trump administration continues efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, the White House’s latest move toward that end prompted local response.

President Trump signed an executive order in March geared toward hollowing out the DOE, and a CNN report said that the department is now diverting some of its function elsewhere.

The report said that five offices will be affected by the move, including the Office of Special Education.

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green issued criticism of the changes , saying in a statement, in part:

This decision is the latest in a long pattern of sudden, chaotic decisions at the federal level that have created widespread anxiety and confusion locally, undermining the stability our students and

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