The Biden-era Education Department is being reorganized under the Trump administration: officials announced interagency agreements this week that move major grant programs and operational duties to at least four federal agencies. Secretary Linda McMahon and White House officials signed arrangements shifting administration of core K-12 and postsecondary grant lines — including Title I and parts of the Office of Postsecondary Education — to the Department of Labor, HHS, Interior and others. States and higher-education leaders are scrambling to map which agency will oversee which programs and how day-to-day guidance will be issued. Federal officials say the moves won’t cut funding, but the abrupt reassignment raises operational and compliance questions for governors, state education chiefs, and campus grant offices that historically rely on a single federal partner. Education officials told staff in recorded remarks the transfers are intended to align workforce and adult-education programs with Labor, and to place on-campus child-care and health-related functions with HHS. Advocates for students with disabilities, civil-rights groups and some university leaders warned the reassignments could weaken enforcement and fragment the technical assistance networks states rely on. Legal and policy groups say statutory protections remain in place, but that shifting program administration across agencies could slow complaint resolution, audits and guidance on civil-rights rules. Higher-education trustees and grant offices should expect new points of contact, revised application portals and possible shifts in compliance checklists as program administration migrates to agencies with different operating cultures. Institutions should inventory federal awards now and begin outreach to new agency contacts to avoid disruption to financial aid, Perkins career-technical funds, and Title I-related programs that support college access.