Wrestling Executive on Conn. Board The chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has garnered a spot on the Connecticut board of education. Linda McMahon was nominated by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell to a seat on the 11-member board and approved last month by state lawmakers. (March 2, 2009)

Linda McMahon, the longtime president and CEO of WWE, is now the Secretary of Education, with the express mission to shut the department down.

The former wrestling mogul will become the nation's 13th secretary of education, and she has pledged to be its last.

Incoming Education Sec. Linda McMahon aims to "send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education”

During her confirmation hearing, McMahon described the DOE as an agency ‘in decline’ and announced her intention to ‘invest in teachers not Washington bureaucrats.’

Linda McMahon will be the next secretary of the Department of Education after passing a full Senate vote for her confirmation on Monday. The Senate voted 51-45 long party lines to confirm

Getting rid of the Education Department has long been a goal for Republicans, but the president can't unilaterally dissolve a department set up by Congress.

McMahon appears to be setting the stage for the dissolution of the department that schools and colleges across the country depend on for funding and support.

The Trump administration is reportedly on the verge of announcing a plan to dismantle the Department of Education, according to various reports. This development comes shortly after the Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as the new Secretary of Education.