Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies at a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing on the Department of Education on Capitol Hill May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
"How can we better communicate to make sure that this chaos and uncertainty doesn't occur again around funding and that people know things earlier?" Polis asked McMahon on the Colorado Springs stage.
"No guarantees from me that we will eliminate all the communications gaps that do happen, but I can say that part of it is just the transition aspect," McMahon explained.
The education secretary said the other aspect of the federal funding freeze was that the OMB budget office "took some time to really review the title funding to look at all the programs, etc., before they were released. They were well satisfied. So, now, those funds are going to be going out."
Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivers remarks at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, July 25. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
McMahon said she was appreciative of the governors' questions and comments, and she committed to visiting as many states and speaking with as many governors as possible to grasp the full scope of the country's diverse educational needs.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of her remarks, McMahon affirmed her commitment to collaborating with governors as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Department of Education.
"It's just incredibly important that if we are going to return education to the states, we have to talk to the governors," McMahon said.
"Clearly, education is a nonpartisan issue," McMahon added. "If we're going to return education to the states, that just means giving them back the part that is now provided by the federal government, and they're anxious for it."
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Trump signed an executive order earlier this year to dismantle the Department of Education, fulfilling one of his key campaign promises during the 2024 presidential election.
Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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