Education Dept moves more work to other agencies, but hasn’t reassigned more employees yet
Jory Heckman
February 23, 2026
The Education Department is handing off more work to other federal agencies, as part of an ongoing plan to dismantle its operations.
The department proceeded with two additional interagency agreements on Monday, transferring work on some of its programs to the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. It signed several interagency agreements with these agencies last fall, as well as with the Labor Department and the Interior Department.
The Education Department said these interagency agreements would “break up the federal bureaucracy,” and ensure more efficient delivery of programs and services. But in the near term, Education says it will jointly administer these programs alongside the State Department and HHS.
Unlike earlier interagency agreements, the Education Department says it has not yet transferred any of its personnel. An Education Department spokesperson told Federal News Network that no additional employees “have been detailed at this time” as part of its interagency agreements with the State Department and HHS.
