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See Where the Ed. Dept.'s Programs Will Move as the Trump Admin. Downsizes

Use our guide to see which agencies will end up with which programs
By Brooke Schultz, Mark Lieberman & Matthew Stone — November 18, 2025 1 min read
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.
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The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday it’s developed six agreements to send many of its key functions to other federal agencies.

A majority of the Education Department’s funding for K-12 schools—more than $20 billion a year—will be administered instead by the U.S. Department of Labor, for example. The Labor Department will also assume management of many programs overseen by the office of postsecondary education. Other education programs will end up at the departments of Health and Human Services, the Interior, and State.

See the chart below for a guide on where the agreements send many of the agency’s programs.

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