H.R. 10232
To prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: John W. Mannion
2 cosponsors
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
This bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from transferring specified offices and functions to other federal agencies.
Specifically, the bill prohibits ED from entering into or carrying out interagency agreements related to the following four offices: the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Postsecondary Education, the Office of Indian Education, and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
This prohibition applies to the transfer of functions such as administering or operating programs, making grants, carrying out technical assistance, enforcing rights and requirements (e.g., data collection requirements), conducting administrative and oversight functions, and monitoring grantees.
Additionally, ED may not transfer a function or program of one of the four offices to another ED office and then subsequently enter into an interagency agreement related to the function or program.
The bill does not apply to agreements in effect on February 1, 2025, or renewals with substantially similar terms.
ED must, within two weeks of the bill's enactment and on a quarterly basis, provide to Congress (and publish on its website) a report and cost analysis for each interagency agreement entered into on or after February 1, 2025. ED may not use specified FY2026 or FY2027 funds for travel expenses unless ED provides this required information.
(As of July 30, 2026, ED has entered into 14 interagency agreements to transfer functions of ED to other federal agencies, including the ED offices listed in the bill.)
Text of the bill
(a) In general
(1) Prohibition
(A) In general. Notwithstanding section 430 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1231), sections 203(c)(3), 415, and 419 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(c)(3), 3475, 3479), section 1535 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the Economy Act), and section 1501 of title 31, United States Code, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Education shall not enter into any agreement, or implement any agreement existing on the date of enactment of this Act, with another Federal agency, or procure services from, contract or carry out an agreement with, obtain any goods or services from, transfer activities or appropriations to, use the research, equipment, services, or facilities of, jointly carry out projects of common interest with, or enter into a similar arrangement with, another Federal agency, relating to the functions (including administering or operating programs, making grant awards, carrying out technical assistance, enforcing rights and requirements (such as data collection and data sharing requirements), conducting administrative and oversight functions, and monitoring grantees, related to any program, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated to the Department of Education) of any of the Department of Education’s offices described in paragraph (2), including functions of the Secretary of Education related to programs administered by such offices.
(B) Transferring functions and programs within the department. The Secretary of Education shall not transfer a function or program from an office described in paragraph (2) to another office of the Department of Education not described in paragraph (2), and subsequently enter into an agreement with another Federal agency relating to such function or program.
(2) Offices. The offices of the Department of Education described in this paragraph are—
(A) the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services authorized under section 207 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3417);
(B) the Office of Postsecondary Education authorized under section 205 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3415);
(C) the Office of Indian Education authorized under section 215 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3423c); and
(D) the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education authorized under section 204 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3414).
(b) Exception. This section shall not apply to—
(1) any procurement, contract, agreement (including an agreement for obtaining goods or services), transfer, or similar arrangement, between the Department of Education and another Federal agency that was in effect on February 1, 2025; and
(2) the renewal of such a procurement, contract, agreement, transfer, or similar arrangement described in this subsection if the renewal contains only the same, or substantially similar, terms.
(a) In general. Not later than 2 weeks after the date of enactment of this Act and each quarter thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall, for each interagency agreement entered into on or after February 1, 2025, by the Secretary with another Federal agency, provide to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and make available to the public in an easily accessible format on the Department’s website, a detailed analysis and report that contains information on the actual and estimated obligations for implementing each interagency agreement by each party to such agreements and a comparison to actual expenditures for carrying out such responsibilities for fiscal year 2024. Each report required under this subsection shall contain, at a minimum, information on actual and estimated obligations for each of the following:
(1) Grant administration, including outreach, grant notices, competitions, review (including peer review), award processes, disbursement, and monitoring.
(2) Training and professional development of Department of Education, other Federal agency, and State and local grantee staff, such as training on transitioning to and using new grant and payment systems, program administration, and application processes.
(3) Training of grantees and eligible grant applicants on transitioning to and using new grant and payment systems and processes.
(4) Detailing, transferring, relocating, and onboarding Department of Education staff to other Federal agencies.
(5) Changes or upgrades to facilities at the Department of Education or other Federal agencies.
(6) Changes or upgrades to technology and infrastructure used at the Department of Education or other Federal agencies, or by State and local grantees implementing any such interagency agreement.
(7) Overhead and administrative expenses attributed to each such interagency agreement.
(8) Changes in costs of any contracts the Department of Education enters into to carry out programs covered by any such interagency agreement.
(9) Reductions in force of Department of Education staff.
(b) Prohibition on use of travel funds. None of the funds made available to the Department of Education for fiscal year 2026 or 2027 under Program Administration or Student Aid Administration may be obligated or expended for travel expenses of the Secretary of Education unless the Secretary provides the information required in accordance with subsection (a).