Trump Takes Steps Toward Dismantling Education Department

The Trump administration said it will transfer some of the Education Department’s largest grant programs and major portions of several offices to other federal agencies, part of a broader plan to greatly reduce the department’s authority.

The plan would shift tens of billions of dollars in funding out of the Education Department and give the Department of Labor, in particular, greater oversight of the federal education budget, agency officials told reporters on Tuesday. Some department staff will also be reassigned to their new agencies, officials said, without giving total numbers.