The legislation, S. 5046, would also block the outsourcing of Education Department offices that oversee special education, elementary and secondary education, and Native American education programs. Dive Insight:Since May 2025, the Education Department has signed 14 interagency agreements with six other federal agencies to transfer many K-12 and higher education responsibilities. Cassidy did, however, emphasize that he’s against the agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Education Department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who proposed the amendment, said the Education Department should prove whether that goal is being met. In recent weeks, House Republicans introduced 10 bills that would codify most of the Education Department’s interagency agreements.