Trump Administration Transfers Special Education, Civil Rights Duties as Education Department Downsizing Continues › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement in schools will be transferred to other federal agencies, continuing the administration’s effort to reduce the role of the Department of Education.

Under the new arrangement, the Department of Justice will assume responsibility for enforcing civil rights laws in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education programs. The move leaves most of the Education Department’s major functions assigned to other federal agencies.