House Education and Workforce Committee actions are advancing legislation that would permanently shift selected Education Department responsibilities to other federal agencies. The measures, part of a larger “Less Bureaucracy, Better Education” package, would codify existing interagency agreements while transferring programs tied to K-12 academic supports, career and technical education, and federal student loan administration. Committee Chair Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said the department has “failed,” and argued the transfer reduces a bureaucracy he says has not improved outcomes. Ranking member Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., countered that the changes are “impractical” and would amount to abdicating federal responsibility for equal access, while the Republican majority rejected amendments that would have added reporting, funding guardrails, or staffing. The package reportedly includes transfers that would place Title I and related state assessment functions, as well as Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education roles, under the Department of Labor for certain programs. However, it does not address special education and civil rights transfers, which Scott pointed to as politically difficult. For higher education, the bill’s scope matters less for campus operations directly and more for the federal oversight and compliance architecture that institutions rely on when administering student aid, graduation-related supports, and certain programmatic eligibility determinations.