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Education Department Signs Six Agreements to Shift Major Grants to Other Agencies

The action advances Trump’s dismantling push, with Congress still required to abolish the agency.

President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after signing an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30, 2025: People exit the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Overview

  • The Education Department finalized six interagency agreements that move management of major grant programs to Labor, Health and Human Services, Interior and State.
  • Labor will take a leading role over key K–12 funding streams, including the $18 billion Title I program, and will co-manage the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education while expanding oversight of institution-based higher-education grants.
  • HHS will run the CCAMPIS on-campus child-care program and foreign medical school accreditation, Interior will administer Indian education programs, and State will oversee international education and foreign language studies.
  • Officials said Education retains statutory oversight of the transferred programs and will keep control of the roughly $1.6 trillion federal student-loan portfolio for now, with options for special education and civil-rights functions still under review.
  • The department said no additional layoffs are expected and staff may be detailed to partner agencies, as Democratic lawmakers and unions call the move unlawful and warn it could disrupt services for vulnerable students.