Conservatives hope for major education changes if Trump wins [Video]

Conservatives are hoping for major education reforms from President Trump should he return to the White House.

The presumptive Republican nominee has touted his record with school choice and his goal to reverse President Biden’s Title IX reforms, as well as regularly decrying efforts at student loan forgiveness.

Education has never been a top issue for Trump, who devotes far more energy to immigration and the economy, but that doesn’t bother conservatives, who would rather see the issue returned to state and local governments regardless.

“At the end of the day, education is a quintessentially state and local issue, right? So there’s not a whole lot that the federal executive branch can or should do,” said Lindsey Burke, director for the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. “Now, that’s not to say they should not do anything … or he should totally step away from it. But I …