Trump shifts special education, civil rights out of Education Dept.
Why it matters: The change would move IDEA oversight affecting 7 million recipients and about $15 billion in grants to HHS, while DOJ takes civil rights enforcement.
The Trump administration is moving two of the Education Department's biggest functions to other agencies, deepening President Donald Trump's drive to dismantle the department. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will shift to the Department of Health and Human Services, while the Office for Civil Rights will move to the Justice Department. The special education office oversees programs tied to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which ABC News reported serves about 7 million people through roughly $15 billion in grants. The civil rights office handles discrimination complaints in K-12 schools and colleges involving disability, sex, race and national origin.