Advocates and lawyers are warning that the Education Department’s rapid downsizing and interagency transfers threaten services for students with disabilities and other K–12 supports. Parent-advocacy groups say cuts and program relocations—promoted by the administration as state-empowerment—could choke off enforcement and technical assistance for IDEA and IEP implementation. Coverage and interviews with disability-rights lawyers highlight the risk that dismantling central federal infrastructure will leave states and districts without consistent guidance or staffing. Education Department fact sheets say protections remain in law, but officials have not fully detailed how enforcement and oversight will be preserved after transfers. District and college K–12 partnership leaders should map which federal contacts manage special-education, TRIO and workforce grants now, assess immediate risks to service continuity, and press state education agencies and congressional offices for transition assurances and contingency funding.