Right-Sizing the U.S. Department of Education Before Closure
The second Trump Administration is executing an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. To manage the transition, Education Department officials have signed 14 interagency agreements (IAAs) with other federal agencies to share responsibility for education programs. The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has approved a package of 10 legislative proposals to codify these agreements and transfer authority from the Education Department to other agencies. Key bills include H.R. 9607 and H.R. 9610, which transfer adult literacy, career and technical education, and K-12 programs to the Department of Labor; H.R. 9611, transferring higher education programs (HBCUs, TRIO, veteran services) to Labor; and H.R. 9605, transferring foreign medical school accreditation oversight to HHS. The article notes that Title I funding for low-income schools and IDEA services for special needs children remain unchanged, and civil rights enforcement is preserved through an IAA with the Department of Justice.
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