"Many educational leaders, out of fear, will go and scrub their websites and attempt to rename programs and services,” said USC Professor Shaun Harper.

Despite Trump’s plans, federal funding is a small part of California’s education budget and the state oversees curriculum.

These are some of the most common terms you’ll hear when dealing with the education system in San Diego County.

What exactly would be cut from the department — and exactly how it could be dismantled — is still unclear. But already, ...