The Department of Education is about to announce at this time that they’re moving part of their work to other federal agencies, in accordance to two sources accustomed to the matter.
The modifications are anticipated to be introduced at an all-hands assembly for employees on the division this afternoon.
It comes as the administration has labored to dismantle the company, with President Donald Trump signing an executive order in March that sought to achieve this.
The upcoming announcement on the division was first reported by the Washington Post.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon additionally appeared to verify upcoming modifications on Tuesday by posting a video on social media with quotes from a number of Republican politicians since 1980 about dismantling the division, writing: “The clock is ticking…”
According to a congressional aide, the most recent modifications to the division will have an effect on a minimum of 5 offices: the Office for Civil Rights, the Office of Indian Education, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Office of Postsecondary Education, and Office of Special Education.
According to the identical supply, that is happening beneath an settlement the place personnel are despatched over to other agencies, however technically the Department of Education has some oversight and management over them.
The transfer permits McMahon, as promised, to dismantle the Education Department in piecemeal, with out having to go to Congress to get approval to get rid of the division utterly, the supply informed NCS.
McMahon has acknowledged that solely Congress has the facility to get rid of the division.
NCS has reached out to the Department of Education for remark.