Republican senators with oversight over education in the United States plan to hold a vote to block Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from overseeing the funding and management of the nation’s special education school programs.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would “partner” with the Department of Health and Human Services, giving RFK Jr.’s HHS oversight of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). This was part of the Trump administration’s larger efforts to eliminate the Education Department, a long-held priority for conservative Republicans.
