Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities to other US agencies
The Trump administration aims to reduce bureaucracy and save taxpayer money by shifting foreign gift oversight to the State Department and school grant programs to Health and Human Services.
- Education secretary Linda McMahon said new partnerships with other agencies represent greater efficiency and improvement as they break up the federal education bureaucracy.
- The agreements transfer several programs, including those supporting low-income students, to agencies like the State Department and HHS.
- Critics argue the moves create confusion, erode public trust, harm students, and shift work to agencies with no educational expertise.
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U.S. Education Dept. outsources more responsibilities, winds down
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 with the State Department on foreign gift and contract reporting and with the Department of Health and Human Services on family engagement an…
ED Partners With State Dept. to Track College Foreign Funds
The partnership is part of a broader effort to dismantle the federal education agency. The Education Department has announced more agreements to transfer responsibilities to, or share duties with, other federal agencies. They include a partnership with the State Department to track foreign gifts and contracts that U.S. colleges and universities receive. But the collaboration with State doesn’t appear to be ED just offloading more of its congress…
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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 …
Education Department outsources more responsibilities, continuing Trump's proposed wind-down • Washington State Standard
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 …
Trump Education Department outsources more duties
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 …
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