The U.S. Department of Education announced new interagency agreements that move administration of several K‑12 and higher‑education compliance programs to Health and Human Services and the State Department. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the transfers are part of a broader effort to "break up the federal education bureaucracy" and shift program management to agencies that the department says can deliver services more efficiently. The moves cover school-safety grants, Full‑Service Community Schools, Ready to Learn programming, and the Section 117 foreign gift reporting portal. Officials said HHS will now administer programs tied to school safety and community services, while the State Department will assist with higher‑education foreign funding disclosure. The department has created nine interagency agreements since November, signaling sustained organizational change. Democrats in the Senate immediately asked the Government Accountability Office to probe whether the transfers are a lawful dismantling of the department’s responsibilities and whether student protections or civil‑rights enforcement could be weakened in the handoffs. The White House and Education Department defended the actions as improving coordination, but advocates and some lawmakers warned the shifts could create gaps in oversight during a major policy transition.