PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is taking a step toward dismantling, and that will affect Arizona’s school system.

Last week, the department announced plans to move programs into other federal departments, including shifting Title I and English language learner funding to the Department of Labor and the Office of Indian Education to the Department of the Interior.

This is the next step in the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the DOE and hand over education decisions to the individual states.

How will the U.S. Department of Education’s moves affect Arizona?

State Superintendent Tom Horne told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show on Monday this will put more responsibility on the state.

“One of the things that I got a lot of questions about was, could we

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