February 23, 2026

Some Senate Dems Ask GAO to Investigate ED Dismantling

As Education Department staff working on higher education grant programs are starting to move their work to the Department of Labor, a group of mostly Senate Democrats wants a government watchdog to investigate the agreements that outsourced those programs.

The Education Department first reached an agreement with Labor in May to transfer the career and technical education and learning grants. And then ED followed up in November with several with more agreements that outsourced the administration of dozen of programs to other federal agencies.

 

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By:  Katherine Knott
Source: Inside Higher Ed