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Indiana becomes the latest state to receive flexibility from Trump on federal education spending

The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money, the third state to receive such exemptions from the Education Department as it seeks to "return education to the states."

Trump Breaks Up Education Dept., Prompting Worries Over Civil Rights

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Education Department will shift duties for its Office for Civil Rights, which for decades has enforced anti-discrimination laws related to school children, to the Justice Department.
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