WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
The Trump Administration on Tuesday announced plans to relocate certain Department of Education programs as it works toward the goal of dismantling the agency altogether.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow, as her department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.
The Education Department announced a new plan on Tuesday to transfer much of its responsibilities to other federal departments. Education Secretary Linda McMahon joins "The Takeout" to discuss the move.
The Department of Education is considering ending a decades-old requirement for states to report data on racial inequities in special education, which advocates say would weaken protections for Black students with disabilities and make it…
The Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with four other government agencies through six interagency agreements (IAAs) to "break up the federal education bureaucracy."
WASHINGTON — The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the…