The U.S. Department of Education released proposals to redesign its technical-assistance infrastructure, signaling an overhaul of the Comprehensive Centers program and recommending changes for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The department called existing Comprehensive Centers “duplicative” and proposed a new national center to triage requests and route ‘‘concierge‑style’’ support to state and local leaders. Separately, the department published recommendations to reimagine IES, its research arm, to better align federal evidence production with state and district needs. The moves would shift focus and contracting priorities, potentially end current center contracts early, and reshape federal research-to-practice pipelines. Institutions and contractors have 30 days to comment before the proposals move toward final rulemaking.