Education oversight moving to HHS

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. The U.S. Department of Education is moving oversight of several programs to the Department of Health and Human Services, as the agency continues to offload responsibilities to fulfill the president’s vow to dismantle the federal education department. The move announced Monday includes transferring management of grants schools receive after traumatic events — such as school shootings, natural disasters or major bus accidents — disrupt learning. It also shifts oversight of major grant programs meant to foster more community and wraparound services in schools in vulnerable neighborhoods. The Education Department still has not made any announcements about whether special education oversight will move to Health and Human Services. Disability advocates are nearly unanimous in opposing that change. The department already announced in November that it would move administration of major K-12