Congressional Republicans unveiled a package of bills that would permanently shift major U.S. Department of Education programs and day-to-day administration to other Cabinet agencies, effectively hardening the Trump administration’s interagency moves. The effort, led by House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Rep. Tim Walberg, would codify parts of a year-plus transition—without formally closing the Education Department—while leaving other functions, including education’s research arm, still undecided. The bills would move several K-12 formula grants and career and technical education programs to the Department of Labor and shift certain competitive education programs related to family engagement and social services to the Department of Health and Human Services. Separate legislation would direct Treasury to take over the federal student loan program. Some measures align with earlier administrative transfers, but the package faces procedural hurdles in the Senate. The proposed changes land in a period of ongoing regulatory and compliance uncertainty for colleges and universities, particularly where program administration and eligibility rules may change across agencies and funding streams. Institutions will also need to monitor how interagency authority affects civil rights enforcement, special education grant administration, and student aid operations. Separately, higher-ed stakeholders are also facing the downstream effects of federal borrowing rules on the educator pipeline, with a new analysis finding that graduate-level caps could constrain advancement into principal and superintendent roles—an issue that may influence how institutions recruit and support education leadership candidates.