Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department

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Several Republican-led bills introduced in Congress this year propose how to divide up the U.S. Department of Education’s responsibilities among other federal agencies — and thereby carry out President Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate the 45-year-old agency. Some of the bills recommend transferring special education oversight and grants to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, folding civil rights enforcement into the U.S. Department of Justice, and moving student loan programs to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers have filed their own measures to prevent the Education Department shutdown and express support for the federal role in education.

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