Education Department Shifts 2 Core Programs to HHS and DOJ in Dismantling Push
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Updated · The Connecticut Mirror · Jun 16
Education Department Shifts 2 Core Programs to HHS and DOJ in Dismantling Push
3 articles · Updated · The Connecticut Mirror · Jun 16
Summary
Tuesday’s plan hands special education programs to HHS and routes Education Department civil-rights investigations through the Justice Department, expanding the administration’s effort to hollow out the agency.
10 earlier interagency agreements had already moved other Education functions to Labor, HHS, Interior, State and Treasury, letting Trump reassign duties without abolishing the department outright.
Education officials said students with disabilities would keep IDEA protections and a free appropriate public education, while the Office for Civil Rights would retain formal leadership even as DOJ evaluates and resolves complaints.
AFGE Local 252, the union for department workers, said the transfers would disrupt services and weaken discrimination protections for vulnerable students, calling the move "chaos."