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Education Department Unveils Partnerships Shifting Special Education Coordination, Civil Rights Enforcement

The interagency agreements with HHS and DOJ are part of a broader push to downsize the federal government’s role in education.
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Education Department Unveils Partnerships Shifting Special Education Coordination, Civil Rights Enforcement
The Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday announced four new interagency agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ).

The partnerships seek to bolster coordination between programs serving individuals with disabilities and to also improve civil rights enforcement in schools.

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Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.