The Department of Education on Tuesday announced plans to further dismantle itself and move certain responsibilities to other parts of the federal government, moves that align with President Trump's stated goal to eliminate the department entirely.

While some programs are assigned to the Education Department by federal law, the Trump administration is looking to sidestep the requirement to get approval from Congress to move the initiatives with six interagency agreements.

Instead of completely forgoing the department's responsibilities, the administration has made contracts with other federal agencies to take over certain aspects of specific programs.

Two of those agreements are with the Department of Labor to take over the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and postsecondary

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