The Education Department is transferring oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take ...

The Education Department is shifting civil rights and special ed to other agencies, advancing a plan to scale back the department.

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

Special education programs help schools serve more than seven million K-12 students with disabilities nationwide.

Eliminating the Department of Education has long been a right-wing goal, and the Trump administration has steadily been attempting to do so since taking office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of ...

The Justice Department will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education, officials said.

Donald Trump delivering remarks at the G7 summit. AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special ...