The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is shrinking its role by partnering with other federal agencies on grant management, technical assistance and other tasks. Areas affected by interagency agreements include the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act, and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. While past presidential administrations have created interagency agreements to share funding and coordination on specific programs, the partnerships created under the Trump administration are on a much wider scale with the partnering agencies taking on many more education-related duties. At present, the USDE, has entered into nine interagency agreements with four agencies between May 2025 and February 23, 2026.
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