Politics

The Trump Administration on Tuesday announced a new plan to relocate multiple programs housed under the Department of Education to four other agencies within the federal government, the latest and most significant steps yet to achieve the president and Republicans’ longstanding goal of dismantling the agency altogether.

During a press call with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, a senior Department of Education official said the Department had signed partnership agreements with four other government agencies: Labor, Health and Human Services, Interior and State. While many of the programs being moved from the Education Department will remain technically under the Department’s oversight, they will be officially managed and administered by other agencies through interagency agreements, or IAAs.

“We look forward to having these as proof points for success and what education can look like without the Department of Education” the official said.