The nation has a new secretary of education and she’s angling to free her department from its special education obligations.

The U.S. Senate voted 51 to 45 along party lines this week to confirm Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education.

The move comes despite opposition from many disability advocates concerned by McMahon’s limited knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and her plans for the special education program.

During confirmation hearings, the former WWE executive was short on specifics when asked what IDEA promises students with disabilities and she repeatedly suggested to senators that oversight of the program should no longer be housed within the Education Department.

“Special education, I think it very well could go back to HHS where it started,” McMahon said, referencing the Department of Health and Human Services.

In addition, McMahon proposed moving the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, which handles complaints of disability discrimination in schools, to the Justice Department.

McMahon told senators during the confirmation process that she “wholeheartedly” supports President Donald Trump’s “mission” to abolish the Education Department and “return education to the states.” When asked who would enforce IDEA if this were to happen, McMahon would only say that she supports maintaining funding for disability services and that “the programs have to have accountability.”

The comments led several groups including the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to oppose McMahon’s nomination.

The Education Department serves a unique role for the 7.5 million students in special education across the country. The agency sends billions in funding to states each year to help support students with disabilities and oversees everything from early intervention for young children with disabilities to vocational rehabilitation and ensuring that the civil rights of students with disabilities are protected.

“We will be educating the new secretary about the essential role the federal government has played in ensuring students with disabilities receive a free, appropriate public education consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,” Katy Neas, CEO of The Arc of the United States, said after McMahon’s confirmation.

Denise S. Marshall, CEO of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, or COPAA, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of students with disabilities and their families, said her group would lean on lawmakers to ensure that special education is upheld.

“We are focused on protecting rights and assuring that (the) administration takes its obligations to do so seriously,” she said. “We will also push Congress to protect funding of all parts of IDEA; assuring funding remains connected to all of the requirements and oversight.”