The department announced this past week that six offices within the Department of Education will be transferred to four partner agencies: Health and Human Services, Labor, Interior and State. That shift leaves them without key funding and oversight once provided by the federal agency, New York state education officials said.

Parceling out Ed. Dept. work to other agencies risks weakening enforcement of disability rights laws, groups warn.

This announcement marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to overhaul the Department of Education, which has historically managed federal education grant programs and provided states support and accountability.

Trump’s new plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education could put students’ civil rights at risk. Here’s what it means for at-risk kids across the state.