Moving special education oversight out of the Department of Education will reduce red tape and open opportunities, the education secretary wrote in an op-ed.
The education secretary and Democrats on the House education committee tussled over caps on federal student loans, what role the government should play in trying to improve abysmal literacy rates —and whether the U.S. Department of Education should exist at all.
A government watchdog said the Education Department spent $28.5 million to $38 million paying 247 Office for Civil Rights employees on administrative leave. The watchdog urged the department to document the full costs and savings of the staffing changes.
