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Kathleen Cannino feared this day was coming. President Donald Trump signed an order this month calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled. Trump, who argues that the agency is wasteful and ineffective, already has overseen the layoffs of about half of its staff. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley have celebrated Trump’s plan, saying states should control education. An outspoken advocate for special education in Louisiana whose 12-year-old son has a disability, Cannino is alarmed about what the Education Department’s demise could mean for children like hers. Without the agency monitoring states’ compliance with special education laws, Cannino worries that it will fall on parents to try to hold schools accountable. “Their fight is already difficult enough,” she said, “and I knew it was going to get harder.”