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FIRST ON FOX - The Department of Education announced on Thursday it will move to a smaller building to reduce the agency's footprint as part of their broader effort to dismantle itself. Department staff will move out of the Lyndon B.
Johnson headquarters building, so the Department of Energy can eventually move in by August. The move is what the officials call 'a prudent step to save hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and further reduce the federal education bureaucracy.' The ED said that their relocation will save taxpayers approximately $4.8 million annually in operating costs and eliminate wasted space in a building that is approximately 70% vacant. TRUMP ADMIN CUTS RED TAPE AS IOWA JOINS EFFORT TO RETURN EDUCATION TO STATES 'One year ago, President Trump signed one of the most consequential executive orders of his presidency – to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states,' Education Secretary McMahon said. The Trump administration announced last week an interagency agreement between the ED and the Department of Treasury, with an official calling it the 'largest' step to shutting the agency down. The official previously told Fox News Digital that staff are working to put themselves out of a job under President Donald Trump's orders because the agency is not needed. This agreement follows nine agency partnerships over the past year as the Department of Education seeks to minimize itself, shifting power from some of its offices and programs to other federal agencies. MCMAHON SAYS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN PROVED SCHOOLS DON'T NEED FEDERAL OVERSIGHT AT ALL While Congress holds the key to shutting the operation down for good, McMahon plans to show legislators that the interagency agreements are 'proof of concept' that the ED is not needed for federal grant aid and federal student loans to continue flowing to borrowers. Throughout the 2024 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump promised to eliminate the Department of Education and signed an executive order directing his administration to start disbanding it. MCMAHON RECOUNTS STORY OF REASSURING PARENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS THAT FUNDING WILL CONTINUE AS DEPARTMENT SHRINKS CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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