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Lindsey M. Burke

xv Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Lindsey M. Burke is Director of the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Burke served on Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s transition steering committee and landing team for education. She serves on the Board of Visitors for George Mason University, the board of the Educational Freedom Institute, and the advisory board of the Independent Women’s Forum’s Education Freedom Center. Dr. Burke’s research has been published in such journals as Social Science Quarterly, Educational Research and Evaluation, and Research in Educational Administration and Leadership. She holds a BA from Hollins University, an MA from the University of Virginia, and a PhD from George Mason University.”

Now in government

  1. Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs, Department of Education

    Since Jun 6, 2025

    U.S. Department of Education Welcomes Trump-Vance Appointees Primary · Jun 6, 2025

    Political Appointees in the Trump-Vance Administration — lists Lindsey Burke as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs, still in post Primary · Aug 27, 2026

Bylined chapters

  • 11. Department of Education

    A post in the part of government this chapter covers: Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs, Department of Education. Since Jun 6, 2025.

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Eliminate the federal Department of Education Needs Congress Attempted
  2. Block-grant federal education funds to states without strings Needs Congress Attempted
  3. Expire national emergency declarations after 60 days absent Congress Needs Congress Not started
  4. Transfer Title I, Part A to HHS as a no-strings block grant Needs Congress Not started
  5. Return Title I revenue responsibility to states over 10 years Needs Congress Not started
  6. Convert most IDEA funding into a no-strings block grant run by HHS Needs Congress Not started
  7. Spin off Federal Student Aid into a new government corporation Needs Congress Attempted
  8. Pass a Department of Education Reorganization Act Needs Congress Not started
  9. Move the Office for Civil Rights to DOJ, enforcing only via litigation Needs Congress Attempted
  10. Rescind Biden Title IX rules and restore the 2020 DeVos regulations Day one Partially done
  11. Amend Title IX to add due process and define sex as biological Needs Congress Not started
  12. Abandon the SOGI redefinition of 'sex' across all departments Partially done
  13. Pass a federal Parents' Bill of Rights with strict scrutiny Needs Congress Not started
  14. Move IDEA oversight and implementation to HHS Needs Congress Attempted
  15. Privatize all federal student lending programs Needs Congress Partially done
  16. Consolidate all federal loan programs into one new program Needs Congress Partially done
  17. Terminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program Needs Congress Not started

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