(AURN News) — The Trump administration has taken another major step in its effort to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, approving six new agreements that transfer billions of dollars in federal education grant programs to other agencies, including the Departments of Labor, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and State.
The move marks the most sweeping action yet in the White House’s plan to shrink federal oversight of America’s classrooms and shift greater authority back to individual states.
Under the restructuring, some of the largest pools of federal education funding — including Title I grants for low-income schools — will now be overseen by the Department of Labor. Programs supporting Native education, foreign language studies, and even on-campus child care for student parents are also being moved out of the Department of Education and into other federal agencies.
The White House argues the changes will streamline operations, reduce bureaucracy, and better align programs with the needs of students and families. But teachers unions and education advocates warn that the transfers represent an abdication of federal responsibility rather than meaningful reform.
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