President Donald Trump’s administration moves oversight of special education and civil rights away from the U.S. Department of Education, according to multiple reports. The administration announces that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will handle civil rights enforcement and student privacy protection. At the same time, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) takes over special education initiatives for students. The transfers are described by outlets as part of a broader effort that further restructures or reduces the Education Department’s role, in line with Trump’s long-stated goal of closing or significantly dismantling the department. Several sources note that the action comes as the Education Department’s responsibilities are distributed across other federal agencies, leaving the department with fewer core functions than before. Coverage also emphasizes that Trump had campaigned on shifting education-related authority back toward states. Overall, the reporting agrees on the key administrative change: special education oversight goes to HHS, while civil rights enforcement and student privacy oversight go to DOJ.
Trump administration shifts special education and civil rights oversight from Education Department
President Donald Trump’s administration moves oversight of special education and civil rights away from the U.S. Department of Education, according to multiple reports. The administration announces th...
- The administration moves special education oversight out of the Department of Education.
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) takes over special education initiatives.
- The Department of Justice (DOJ) takes over civil rights enforcement.
- DOJ also handles student privacy protection.
- Multiple outlets describe the change as further restructuring or dismantling the Department of Education.
The Education Department is transferring oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies
2 months agoPresident Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
2 months agoThese transfers mean that the bulk of the Education Department's functions have now been distributed across various other agencies
2 months agoPresident Trump has taken further steps to dismantle the Department of Education, moving offices for special education and civil rights to other departments. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services will be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services, while the Department of Justice will take over civil rights issues, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.The moves are worrying, especially considering Trump’s campaign to dismantle the Department of Education as well as who he has appointed to HHS and the DOJ. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made worrying comments about autism, making outlandish claims and changing policies on vaccines to fit his medically inaccurate views.Kennedy’s views have also been criticized as incorporating eugenics, which should not be anywhere near special education in America. It raises fears that students with special needs could be marginalized or worse.When it comes to civil rights, the DOJ has been ground zero for the Trump administration’s attacks on “wokeness,” undermining its own Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and targeting one of America’s leading civil rights organizations, the Southern Poverty Law Center. The person in charge of the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, Harmeet Dhillon, is a loyal foot soldier to Trump.Now, the Department of Education will be weakened further, and students will lose valuable resources as these offices are moved into departments without education experts. Combating discrimination and increasing special education resources used to be a priority in America, but no longer.
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