YourVoice.Now Summary
Moves four family and school programs from the Education Department to HHS — the money goes with them.
The details
Most families would see no change in daily life. The bill moves four school programs from the Education Department to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). They are Family Engagement in Education, Community Support for School Success, National Activities for School Safety, and Ready to Learn. Ready to Learn pays public TV groups to make learning shows for young kids and their parents. The money left in these programs moves to HHS too. It can only be spent on what Congress first set it aside for. Grants, contracts, and pending requests carry over as they are. Staff can move with the programs. But the White House budget office must make sure the two departments do not add workers overall. The move takes effect six months after the bill becomes law. It can start sooner.
Congressional Summary
Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act This bill transfers specified functions relating to family engagement programs for elementary and secondary education from the Department of Education (ED) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, the bill transfers to HHS all the functions and authorities exercised by ED before the bill's effective date related to the following four programs: Family Engagement in Education Programs, the Community Support for School Success program, the National Activities for School Safety program, and the Ready to Learn Programming program. (In February 2026, ED announced an interagency agreement with HHS for HHS to provide services supporting the administration of these programs.) Additionally, the bill transfers to HHS all personnel and appropriations related to the functions that are transferred under this bill. The bill outlines the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) related to the functions that are transferred under this bill, including that OMB must ensure that this bill does not create a net increase in full-time equivalent employees at HHS or ED. Further, OMB must certify compliance with the bill to specified congressional committees. The transfer of these functions does not affect any suits, proceedings, or applications for benefits, services, licenses, permits, certificates, or financial assistance that are pending on the date of this bill's enactment.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-07-09
- Date Added
- 2026-09-24
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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