Senate education committee
Coverage of Senate education committee in the Nexus archive.
- Trump’s moves to break up Education Department generate new bipartisan resistance in Senate
President Trump's attempts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education through interagency agreements face bipartisan opposition in the Senate. A 13-9 Senate education committee vote advanced legislation to reverse agreements transferring core functions to other departments, though Trump lacks the votes to abolish the agency outright.
- Report: Education Department Scaled Back Special Education Monitoring
The U.S. Department of Education has reduced federal monitoring of states' special education systems, with teams visiting fewer than half of scheduled states for 2025-2026 reviews. The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) warns this could extend review intervals to once every 25 years, while the Trump administration plans to transfer oversight to the Department of Health and Human Services, facing congressional and advocacy group opposition.