Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Department of Education staff she is moving core grant programs to other agencies as part of a larger plan to downsize the agency and return responsibilities to federal partners. McMahon argued the moves—shifting K–12 and many postsecondary programs to the Department of Labor and other agencies—will align programs with agencies she says are better positioned to run them and to better link workforce and education efforts. The administration formalized the first transfers with interagency agreements that reassign offices for elementary and secondary education, postsecondary competitive grants, Indian education, and campus childcare among others. Officials said Title I formula funding for states will not be disrupted, but advocates and unions called the actions unprecedented and warned about risks to enforcement, special education, and institutional support functions. The shift is happening without new congressional authorization, prompting legal and policy pushback from lawmakers, disability-advocacy groups and union leaders who argue Congress, not the White House, should reorder statutory responsibilities. Administrators and higher-ed leaders are bracing for operational uncertainty and additional administrative complexity as functions and staff move to agencies with different missions and rules.