Several more Department of Education functions will be moved to other federal agencies as part of the ongoing effort to dismantle the department and save taxpayer dollars, a senior department official said Nov. 18.
Federal grant programs for K-12 schools and colleges and universities—more than $30 billion in institutional funding for personnel and facilities, not students—will be moved to the Department of Labor. The Labor Department will also “play a greater role in administering federal K-12 programs, ensuring these programs are better aligned with workforce and college programs to set students up for success,” according to an Education Department news release.
