The Education Department will vacate its headquarter building : NPR

Key Points:

• The Trump administration announced that all Education Department staff will vacate the Lyndon B. Johnson building in Washington, D.C., citing that it is about 70% vacant and reallocating the space to the Department of Energy to save on maintenance costs.
• Education Secretary Linda McMahon framed the move as part of reducing the federal education footprint and returning education control to the states, with staff relocating to a smaller nearby office in August.
• Democrats criticized the relocation, arguing it does not reduce bureaucracy but instead signals an effort to diminish the federal government's role in ensuring equal access to quality education.
• McMahon has cut the department's staff nearly in half and transferred some functions to other agencies, including moving much of the federal student loan program management to the Treasury Department.
• However, the Education Department's dismantling faces legal limits since it was established by Congress in 1979, and only Congress has the authority to fully close or unwind the department.