U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Partnerships to Break Up the Federal Education Bureaucracy
February 23, 2026
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) today announced two new interagency agreements (IAAs) to further break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs and activities, and continue delivering on the President’s promise to return education to the states. By partnering with agencies that are better positioned to deliver results for students and taxpayers, the new partnerships will streamline federal education activities on legally required programs, reduce administrative burdens, and refocus programs and activities to better serve students and grantees.
The new partnerships with the Departments of State (State) and Health and Human Services (HHS) mark a major step toward improving the management of select ED programs by leveraging partner agencies’ administrative expertise and experience working with relevant stakeholders. State will partner with ED on the Section 117 foreign gift reporting, and HHS will partner with ED on family engagement and school support programs.
