The Labor Department will operate federal workforce education programs under the supervision of Education Department officials as the Trump administration works to eliminate the latter agency.
According to a Labor Department announcement, the joint effort “marks a major step in shifting management of select Education Department programs to partner agencies.”
Labor officials will assume the daily management of federally funded adult education, family literacy, and career and technical education programs as part of a broader Trump administration push to redirect federal education funds to state lawmakers and skilled labor needs.
“The current structure with various federal agencies each managing pieces of the federal workforce portfolio is inefficient and duplicative,” said Education Secretary Linda McMahon. “Support from the Department of Labor in administering the Department of Education’s workforce programs is a commonsense step in streamlining these programs to better serve students, families and educators.”
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said the partnership