The federal government is shifting oversight of the special education system and school civil rights enforcement from the Department of Education to other agencies, marking a significant restructuring of how these critical functions are managed. This move could reshape accountability and compliance across the nation’s schools, raising questions about how federal agencies will coordinate and enforce protections for students with disabilities and civil rights in education. The change reflects broader administrative shifts within the department, though details on which agencies will take on these responsibilities remain unclear. Parents, educators, and advocacy groups are likely to scrutinize the impact on enforcement and student support services.
The U.S. Department of Education has begun outsourcing responsibility for overseeing the nation’s sprawling special education system and enforcing civil rights law in schools to other federal agencies ...
