The U.S. Department of Education is exploring ways to move some education programs to another federal agency, a spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek .

It comes after a new round of layoffs at the department this month eliminated almost every employee working in the department’s Office of Special Education Programs, amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Why It Matters

The effort is part of President Donald Trump’s broader plan to shut down the Education Department and parcel its operations to other agencies. But an act of Congress would be required to close the department and move its functions to other agencies.

But over the summer, the department started handing off its adult education and workforce programs to the Labor Department. It also emerged over the summer that the d

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