Secretary of Education Linda McMahon questioned the need for the Department of Education, which is expected to announce the transfer of several duties to other federal agencies on Tuesday afternoon. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Unnamed officials with the Department of Education say its leaders will announce the transfer of some duties to other federal agencies Tuesday amid the department's downsizing.
Unnamed sources told Politico, CNN and The Washington Post that the duty transfers will be announced sometime on Tuesday afternoon.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon cited the 43-day federal government shutdown as evidence that the department is unnecessary.
"Forty-three days of a government shutdown, and schools stayed open, students went to class and teachers got paid," she said Monday night. "Makes you wonder ... do we really need [the Education Department] at all?"
