US EditionEducation Department announces plan to move programs to other federal agencies as part of effort to shut down
- On Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Education announced six interagency agreements to transfer management of six programs to other federal agencies.
- Earlier this year, the Trump administration shed staff and signed a March executive order aimed at closing the Education Department, following June transfer tests.
- Labor will inherit the bulk of K-12 and postsecondary grants, including the $18 billion Title I program, TRIO, and teacher-training grants, while HHS takes CCAMPIS and foreign medical accreditation, and State and Interior manage foreign-language and Native American education programs.
- Legal scholars question the administration's authority to relocate programs statutorily housed at Education, while Education Department officials say the plan is legally sound and funding will remain at Congress-set levels.
- If Congress codifies the transfers, the department could be effectively dismantled as six agreements reshape a 45-year history, but critics warn this risks disrupting programs for vulnerable students.
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How Trump’s split of the Dept. of Ed will affect your child’s classroom
The Trump administration announced details on their plan to dismantle the Department of Education. While they can’t fully close the department, their plan involves breaking it up from within. Dismantling the Dept. of Ed The plan involved six new interagency agreements between four different agencies to break up the education department. Here’s a look at how those agreements will split up the department. Elementary and secondary education Betwee…
McMahon says federal school aid will keep flowing as Education Department hands off some duties to other agencies
Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow, as her department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.
'Will not stand': Trump under fire as dismantling of massive department advances
Political analysts and observers slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Monday for its latest attempt to dismantle a government agency. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration made significant strides toward dismantling the Department of Education by assigning some of the agency's grant portfolio to other departments. Some of those programs include a $28 billion program that supports K-12 education, and …
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Bismarck TribuneOfficials work to disband Education Department
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday it will hand off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
Trump Admin Asserts ‘Broad Authority’ In Major Changes To Education Dept
by Jaryn Crouson at CDN - The Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday it is shifting duties to other departments as part of its continued effort to return education to the states and dismantle the department. The Department has signed six interagency agreements (IAA), a “frequently used” tool to contract out services from one federal agency to another, a senior … Click to read the rest HERE-> Trump Admin Asserts ‘Broad Authority’ In Ma…
Education Dept soft-launches employee reassignments to other agencies, in latest step of closure plans
The Education Department, in the latest step of the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the agency, has begun transferring its employees to other federal agencies. The department said Tuesday that it signed six new interagency agreements to transfer some of its programs and employees to the departments of Labor, Interior, State and Health and Human Services, in order “to break up the federal education bureaucracy.” Education Secretary Linda…
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