Monday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced two new interagency agreements (IAAs) that will transfer foreign gift and contract reporting for certain domestic public and private institutions of higher education (IHEs) to the U.S. Department of State (State), and certain school safety, early education, full-service community schools and statewide family engagement programs to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within Health and Human Services (HHS). The foreign gift and contract reporting activities are required to be conducted under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV), School Safety National Activities, Ready to Learn Programming, Full-Service Community Schools, Promise Neighborhoods, and Statewide Family Engagement Centers are authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These IAAs follow the announcement of six prior agreements last November whose finalization and details remain in flux. While the new IAAs do not directly impact the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), COPAA is deeply concerned with any action taken by ED that seeks to separate or shift authorized K-12 programs out of ED that supports the ecosystem of education created by Congress to support all children, including students with disabilities and their families. See COPAA’s alert urging Congress to protect children with disabilities and stop any action to dismantle ED.