The U.S. Education Department on Tuesday said it is transferring some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department and hand off more control to states.

The federal DOE announced six new interagency agreements with four agencies "to break up the federal education bureaucracy," according to a release.

The new partnerships are with the Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State. One major change is the establishment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Partnership between DOE and DOL. The DOL will now take on a greater role in administering federal K-12 programs, ensuring these programs are better aligned with workforce and college programs to set students up for success

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