Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump's shrinking Department of Education

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 863

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies, in another major step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle the department.

The Department of Health and Human Services will administer programs under the Education Department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, or OSERS, while civil rights enforcement under Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, will be transferred to …

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