Trump's closure of Education Department will hit San Antonio schools hard, Rep. Joaquin Castro warns

The Trump White House's plan to downsize and eventually eliminate the Department of Education will be "devastating" to San Antonio schools and likely will rob Texas of billions in funding, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Friday. "The Department of Education is responsible for funding billions to Texas for different programs, including for students with disabilities, for teacher training, for civil rights issues, for Title I schools — those are low-income schools," the San Antonio Democrat said on a call with reporters. "In San Antonio and in Texas, many of our school districts benefit from Title I funding, and we stand to lose, potentially, as a state, billions of dollars."