Trump Administration Transfers Education Grants to Other Agencies

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday a series of interagency agreements designed to transfer major grant programs from the U.S. Department of Education to other federal agencies, marking a significant step in its plan to dismantle the department and shift control of education policy to states and local communities.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon described the move as a way to reduce federal bureaucracy and eliminate redundancies. The agreements involve six programs, affecting billions of dollars in funding. The Department of Labor will assume oversight of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which manages about $28 billion in grants including Title I aid for low-income schools, as well as the Office of Postsecondary Education's institution-based grants, totaling around $3.1 billion. The Department of Health and Human Services will handle the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program and foreign medical school accreditation. The Department of the Interior will take on Indian education programs, while the Department of State will manage international education and foreign language studies.

Officials emphasized that the transfers will not disrupt...