US EditionEducation Secretary McMahon Urges Congress to Permanently Transfer Six Grant Programs
McMahon aims to codify transfer of six grant programs to Labor, Interior, HHS, and State Departments as part of downsizing Education Department she has pursued since 2025.
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon said she will seek congressional action to codify the department's reforms following a recent announcement of grant program transfers; she has briefed dozens of lawmakers.
- Since taking office, Education Secretary Linda McMahon has pursued agency downsizing and defended a near-total departmental furlough as having no tangible effect on public schools.
- The Department of Education executed interagency agreements that moved grant programs to other federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of Health and Human Services, and State Department.
- Following the transfers' announcement, questions emerged about whether Congress had been fully briefed, while Susie Hedalen, State Superintendent , said local districts won't feel the impact.
- McMahon has been talking to dozens of members of Congress about permanent codification, framing her longtime aim to shrink the agency and be the last secretary of education.
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Hedalen: Montana schools won’t be impacted federal education department changes
State Superintendent Susie Hedalen said Montana school districts won’t feel the impact of recent changes to the U.S. Department of Education where programs are being exported to other agencies.
State Superintendent: Montana schools won’t be impacted by Ed Dept. changes
State Superintendent Susie Hedalen said Montana school districts won’t feel the impact of recent changes to the U.S. Department of Education where programs are being exported to other agencies.
McMahon says she's talking to Congress about codifying Ed. Dept's dismantlement
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she has spoken with several members of Congress about codifying the dismantling of the Department of Education. Following the Education Department’s announcement on Tuesday that it would be transferring six grant programs to other federal agencies in an effort to downsize severely, McMahon joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for Thursday’s briefing. McMahon told a Daily Signal reporter that …
McMahon to Congress: Make Education Dept Changes Permanent
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is calling on Congress to make changes at her department permanent."My purpose here is to speak directly to the American families, not just you, but to the American families, about the work this administration is doing in education to reverse our national decline with a hard reset of our educational system," McMahon said Thursday in a press briefing at the White House."That reset was a top campaign promise from …
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