"WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration took major steps Tuesday in trying to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, announcing six interagency agreements signed with other departments that will transfer several of its responsibilities to those agencies. The announcement was immediately met with intense backlash from Democratic members of Congress, who questioned its legality, and labor unions. The agreements - with the departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services"
"The secretary likened the initiative to a "test run" and said her department wants to see "if what we think to be true is that they will function much more in a streamlined fashion and much more efficiently if we relocate those programs into other agencies." McMahon added that the agency would "move it," "see how it works" and deliver the "outcomes" to Congress. She said her department hopes Congress would then vote to codify the permanent move of those programs to those agencies."
The administration announced six interagency agreements to move several Department of Education responsibilities into agencies including Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services and State. Democratic lawmakers and labor unions immediately responded with intense backlash and questions about legality. The initiative aligns with a stated goal to return education authority to states and to reduce central Washington oversight. Education Secretary Linda McMahon described the transfers as a “test run,” saying the department will move programs, monitor how they function, report outcomes to Congress and seek legislative codification of permanent transfers if results justify it.
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