The Trump administration advanced its effort to move special education oversight and civil rights enforcement functions away from the U.S. Department of Education, setting up a new compliance and complaint-handling workflow across federal agencies. The changes route responsibilities to the Department of Health and Human Services for special education oversight and to the Department of Justice for civil rights enforcement. Advocates and plaintiffs in ongoing litigation have challenged the interagency agreements as illegal overreach, while Congress has questioned the legality and value of the transfer through bipartisan budget action. States also have faced operational friction, including grant-portal differences that have previously delayed some K–12 career-technical-education funds. For higher education and K–12 partners, the policy shift raises near-term questions about how families will access monitoring, technical assistance, and complaint resolution under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act framework during the transition.