Education Dept Moves Out, Shrinking Role

0:00On March 27, the Department of Education is moving out of its main headquarters in Washington to a much smaller office space there. Officials say the ship happens in August with the Department of Energy taking over the building's lease. This step cuts costs by ditching unused rooms and skipping big maintenance bills. It's all part of the Trump administration's push to shrink the education department's size and role. Over the past year, they've shifted programs on things like family support in schools, A for low-income areas, and teacher training to other spots. Like health and human services and labor. Reaction split along party lines. Administration leaders call it smart progress in trimming federal bloat. But the employee's union blasts it as a sign that education funding faces deep cuts and a top-house Democrat says it's a bold move to weaken the government's hand and equal school access. Recently, they've handed off default student loans to the Treasury Department with the rest of the $1.7 trillion portfolio likely.

1:03Following soon. These changes show the ongoing effort to reshape federal education work, though only Congress can wipe out the department entirely.