多个消息来源告诉ABC新闻，白宫周四取消了预期签署的解散教育部的行政命令。
消息人士早些时候告诉美国广播公司新闻，行政命令草案呼吁教育部长琳达·麦克马洪采取一切必要的步骤“在法律允许的情况下”促进部门关闭。
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)援引一则新闻报道称，特朗普预计将于周四签署该命令是“假新闻”。她说他不会签字。
在幕后，高级政府官员担心订单会受到负面影响，并且在推出之前缺乏信息。
具体来说，政府将如何回答有关行政命令将如何影响学校午餐计划以及其他可能不再存在的计划的问题。
教育界发誓要继续努力保护教育部。
“对于我们这些站起来坚持立场，反对特朗普政府无休止的混乱的人来说，这是一个巨大的胜利，”一位教育领袖告诉美国广播公司新闻。
代表全国家长和家庭的教育领袖强调，美国人不会去袖手旁观，因为特朗普政府准备解散影响数百万学生的机构。
“这些命令不是国王的命令，我们将利用一切资源挑战他，包括法庭，”这位教育领袖说。
这位教育领袖表示，这一反弹让特朗普“动摇了”。据教育领导人称，如果预期的行政命令被签署，数百名家长甚至全国各地的一些学区准备引发一场大规模的法律斗争。
“他让美国家庭处于这种持续的混乱状态是不可接受的，我们将继续与他斗争到底，”这位教育领袖说。
教育专家表示，关闭教育部可能会耗尽公共教育资金，并对全国各地依赖法定授权项目的高需求学生造成不成比例的影响，如《残疾人教育法》和为低收入家庭提供资金的第一章。
该系的终结还可能给美国数百万学生留下价值数十亿美元的基金、奖学金和助学金。
解散教育部的命令需要国会批准;没有参议院的60票，任何提议的立法都可能失败。
麦克马洪此前承认，她需要国会执行总统的愿景，关闭她一直在领导的部门。
“我们希望把这件事做好，”她在上个月的听证会上说，并补充道:“这当然需要国会采取行动。”
在周一的一封全部门电子邮件中，这位新宣誓就职的秘书表示，她的最终任务是对该机构进行“历史性的彻底改革”，减少繁文缛节，恢复美国教育系统。
麦克马洪在备忘录中说:“我的愿景与总统的一致:将教育送回美国，让所有父母都能为自己的孩子选择优秀的教育。”。
在特朗普第二个任期的头几个月，数十名教育部员工已经被安排带薪行政休假，被迫退休或被解雇。
Trump won't sign executive order to dissolve Department of Education today: Sources
The White House on Thursday pulled the expected signing of the executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, multiple sources tell ABC News.
A draft of the executive order called on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to facilitate a department closure by taking all necessary steps "permitted by law," sources had earlier told ABC News.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt quoted a news report saying it was "fake news" that Trump was expected to sign the order on Thursday. She said he is not signing it.
Behind the scenes, there was concern among top administration officials about the blowback the order would receive and the lack of messaging in place ahead of the rollout.
Specifically, how the administration would answer questions about how the executive order would impact the school lunch program along with other programs that could no longer exist.
The education community is vowing to press forward in its push to preserve the Department of Education.
"This is a tremendous victory for those of us who are standing up and holding the line and pushing back against the endless chaos that we are seeing from the Trump administration," an education leader told ABC News.
The education leader, who represents parents and families across the country, stressed that Americans are not going to stand by as the Trump administration prepares to dismantle the agency that impacts millions of students.
"These EOs are not dictates from a king and we are going to challenge him using every resource we can, including the courts," the education leader said.
The education leader said that the blowback has Trump "shook." And, hundreds of parents and even some school districts across the country are preparing to trigger a massive legal fight if the expected executive order is signed, according to the education leader.
"This constant state of chaos that he has American families in is unacceptable and we are going to continue to fight him every step of the way," the education leader said.
Education experts suggested that shuttering the Department of Education could gut public education funding and disproportionately impact high-need students across the country who rely on statutorily authorized programs, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Title I, which provides funding for low-income families.
An end to the department could also leave billions of dollars' worth of funds, scholarships and grants hanging in the balance for millions of students in the U.S.
An order to dismantle the Department of Education would require congressional approval; any proposed legislation would likely fail without 60 Senate votes.
McMahon has previously acknowledged she would need Congress to carry out the president's vision to close the department she has been tapped to lead.
"We'd like to do this right," she said during her confirmation hearing last month, adding: "That certainly does require congressional action."
In a department-wide email on Monday, the newly sworn-in secretary said her final mission is to do a "historic overhaul" of the agency that cuts red tape and restores the American education system.
"My vision is aligned with the President's: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children," McMahon's memo said.
Dozens of Department of Education employees have already been placed on paid administrative leave, pressured to retire or laid off in the first few months of Trump's second term.
