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"The Education Department announced it finalized "interagency agreements" to transfer primary responsibility for six of its programs to four other federal agencies. The affected programs support student success for youth and adult learners, providing not just billions of dollars in grant funding but also resources, policies, and enforcement for ensuring equal access to educational opportunity. Scattering these programs could collapse long-standing partnerships between the federal government and nonprofits working on public education issues."

"More than a mere reorganization, this is a calculated step toward fulfilling President Trump's campaign promise to close the Education Department, which he has baselessly claimed is infiltrated by " radicals, zealots, and Marxists." Ending the agency has also long been a goal of the Republican Party and conservative policy organizations, and featured prominently in Project 2025's plans to use public education to advance far-right political goals."

The administration finalized interagency agreements transferring primary responsibility for six Department of Education programs to four other federal agencies. The affected programs support student success for youth and adult learners by providing billions in grant funding, resources, policies, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure equal access to educational opportunity. Scattering these programs risks collapsing long-standing partnerships between the federal government and nonprofits and weakening civil rights oversight. The move aligns with long-standing Republican goals and Project 2025 plans that seek to use public education to advance far-right objectives and to eliminate the Education Department. The transfers threaten to destabilize the nation's education system and endanger millions of students.

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