US Education Department veterans blast Trump plan to transfer programs

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 772

Last Updated: 7 hours, 11 minutes ago

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WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Department of Education officials in Republican and Democratic administrations sounded the alarm Monday over the agency’s efforts to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies.

U.S. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state convened the former officials, along with advocates and educators, at a virtual press conference to blast those sweeping moves, which are part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle …

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