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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The Education Department is dismantling. Here's what that means
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has given the order to begin dismantling from within her own Department, an old aspiration of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who raised that flag during last year’s presidential election. “It’s no use to us,” the Republican repeats frequently.
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