The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where

Trump Education Department outsources more responsibilities, continuing proposed wind-down

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration took more steps Monday to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, announcing two additional interagency agreements with other departments that will transfer more of its responsibilities to those agencies. Under the agreements, the agency will partner …

The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where

In moves to downsize, the department is sending some K-12 and higher education programming to other agencies like Labor and Health and Human Services.

Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is handing over more of its programs and grants to other federal agencies, announcing a pair of new agreements Monday that move the Trump administration closer to its goal of shutting down the department.