However, states can take steps to reduce the impact of these new policies and prevent public funding being siphoned from public to private schools.

In fact, 10 states already have. Read @itep.org 's new brief to learn how:

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The wealthiest 20% of families account for 77% of private school tuition expenses, meaning the benefits primarily go to these households.

Meanwhile, the state tax base is reduced, providing less funding for public schools, transit, healthcare, and other public services.

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Tax advantages for college savings make more sense, as the funds are invested for longer and then the earnings are tax-exempt, encouraging saving.

For K-12 schooling, the private school tuition funds may be deposited and then immediately withdrawn, creating a pass-through that makes them tax-free

Finally, in the docs, ED had not yet identified the legal authority to undertake its own demolishment.

The IAA examples eventually cited in the announcement are much more limited in their scope than this one.

How solid the legal groundwork for these actions is remains an open question.

Existing grantees will be continued to be managed by ED, but new grantees will be with the new agencies.

Splitting up a grant program between two agencies simultaneously sounds like it would create coordination issues to me... will new and old grantees always get the same communications & support?

One employee flagged, for example, that the Dept. of Labor's (DOL) grant management systems have much more limited functionality than ED's, which are custom-built.

21 postsecondary education grant programs are slated to be moved to DOL, including TRIO and HBCU programs.

The transfers are for much bigger programs than a previous interagency agreement (IAA) for career & technical education programs.

Even with the smaller CTE program transfer, a deadline was almost missed, which would have disrupted the flow of funds.