Reactions to the Proposed Redistribution of Key Offices Within the Department of Education Spark A Wide Range of Responses
Overview
Just forty-eight hours removed from the U. S. Department of Education’s announcement that it will transition major portions of the Offices responsible for the administration of elementary and secondary and postsecondary education among other responsibilities to four other federal agencies, Congress, the higher education community and countless other interested and effected parties are all attempting to assess and comprehend how the new interagency partnerships will impact the future of education.
Views on Capitol Hill on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers are all over the map as serious questions are being raised regarding the authority to transfer the operations and funding for Education programs to other federal agencies. Whether or not the new interagency agreements (IAA) will adversely affect the delivery, administration and effectiveness of the educational programs. And the list goes on and on. The Higher Education community too has lots of questions and concerns already, and the list for each grows by the hour. And external, influential organizations are already considering various legal challenges as well.
Needless to say there is a great deal to unpack, but this afternoon on CSPEN’s Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update webinar we will try to share as many perspectives as possible.
