This bill moves certain family-engagement and related education programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It specifically transfers functions for Family Engagement in Education (part E of title IV), the Community Support for School Success program (subpart 2 of part F of title IV), National Activities for School Safety (subpart 3 of part F of title IV), and the Ready to Learn Programming Grant (section 4643). The Secretary of HHS may exercise the same authorities that the Secretary of Education had for these functions. Personnel, assets, contracts, records, and unexpended funds connected to these functions are transferred to HHS, and unexpended funds must be used only for their original purposes. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must ensure there is no net increase in federal full-time equivalent employees and may make necessary determinations and incidental transfers. The bill allows delegation within HHS, preserves existing orders and legal proceedings, permits a transition period using Department of Education staff and assets, and generally takes effect six months after enactment (with some transfers allowed to begin earlier).
If you or your organization interact with the named programs, the federal office that manages them will change from the Department of Education to HHS. Ongoing applications, grants, contracts, and court cases related to these functions will continue without interruption under the new agency. References in other federal documents to the Secretary or Department of Education for these functions will be treated as references to HHS.
No publicly available information on costs or budget estimates is included in the bill text. The bill transfers appropriations and unexpended balances tied to the transferred functions to HHS and requires that transferred unexpended funds be used only for their originally authorized purposes. The bill directs OMB to prevent a net increase in federal full-time equivalent employees as part of the transfer.
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