Shortlysts - The Education Department announced it’s handing over more programs to other federal agencies, moving President Trump closer to his goal of shutting down the department, bypassing congressional approval.
The Department of Health and Human Services will now manage grant programs sending millions to schools for safety and community engagement, while the State Department takes over tracking foreign gifts to universities.
Notably absent from the transfers is special education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated her intention to move special education programs, which manage billions in grants and oversee compliance with disability law, to HHS, but the new agreements carefully avoid that third rail. The department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services remains untouched for now.
The future of transferred programs appears uncertain, as Trump’s 2026 budget request proposes zeroing out funding for five of the six programs moving to HHS. In December, some grant recipients were notified their funding would not continue, ending those initiatives as federal support expired.
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