The Trump administration announced a sweeping reallocation of Education Department responsibilities this week, shifting management of major grant programs to other federal agencies. The plan moves elementary and secondary grant operations and some postsecondary institutional grants to the Department of Labor, Indian education programs to Interior, and on-campus child care supports to HHS. The changes were outlined in interagency agreements and accompanied by senior ED officials defending the moves internally. Administration officials, including Education Secretary Linda McMahon, framed the transfers as an efficiency and decentralization measure; critics and advocacy groups warn the reorganization could weaken federal oversight of civil rights, special education and programs that support low-income and disabled students. Legal and compliance experts note Congress—not the administration—has ultimate authority over the department’s statutory responsibilities, raising questions about long-term implications for enforcement and grant continuity. Institutions that rely on federal technical assistance and centralized programmatic support should expect near-term operational disruption as program management shifts agencies. Campus legal counsel and grants offices will need to track new implementing agencies, read interagency memoranda closely, and engage with congressional offices about statutory protections that may be affected.