Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is launching an investigation into the Trump administration's transfer of Education Department programs to other federal agencies, including a review of student loan default collections being moved to the Treasury Department.
In a post on X last Monday, Warren said she pushed for the investigation because the administration is "ripping programs out of the Education Department and shipping them off to agencies with no expertise." She described the GAO review as a "major step forward" in protecting students and teachers.
According to a May 26 letter from the GAO, the congressional watchdog has initiated work in response to a February request from lawmakers to examine the impact of transferring Education Department responsibilities to other federal agencies.
The agency said it plans to begin reviewing the transfer of student loan default collections from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury later this summer.
The review expands on existing GAO work examining interagency agreements involving the Education Department.
