The U.S. Department of Education announced new interagency agreements moving management of several K‑12 grant programs to the Departments of Health and Human Services and State. The agreements cover school-safety grants, community‑school programs, Ready to Learn media and family engagement centers; officials framed the moves as efficiency gains while critics warn the transfers could fragment civil‑rights and special‑education enforcement. Congressional appropriations language pushed back, asking for briefings and flagging concerns that transferring programs will create administrative gaps. Education-policy teams and university leaders should expect new compliance pipelines, interagency reporting requirements, and potential changes to technical assistance and grant delivery models. (Clarification: “Interagency agreements” are administrative transfers of program management — they do not, by themselves, change statutory authorities.)