The Education Department announced interagency agreements that reassign management of six major programs to other federal departments, marking a decisive move by the Trump administration to shrink the agency. The transfers shift K–12 and many postsecondary grant programs to the Department of Labor, Indian education to Interior, child-care supports for college parents to HHS, and international education to State. Officials framed the deals as a push to align program administration with agencies better suited to deliver workforce and cross‑sector services; Education Secretary Linda McMahon said states will still receive Title formula funds. Advocates and union leaders say the moves risk disrupting services and civil‑rights oversight because the transfers are being executed without new congressional authorization. States, institutions and program grantees were urged to continue working with their current ED contacts while the interagency handoffs proceed.