US President Donald Trump's administration is taking further steps to dismantle the Department of Education, shifting its functions to other federal departments.

This decision has sparked opposition from Democrats who argue it harms students, terming it as an assault on public school education. Also Read | Trump's ICE raid delays Hyundai's US-based EV plant expansion

New partnerships

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stated that the administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states.

The functions that the department currently performs would go to the Labor, State, Interior, Health and Human Services departments.

The six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with the four departments will streamline federal educ

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