S. 5046 — A bill to prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

This section prohibits the Secretary of Education from entering into agreements with, transferring activities or appropriations to, or otherwise arranging with any other federal agency to perform functions of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Postsecondary Education, the Office of Indian Education, or the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, including program administration, grant awards, technical assistance, enforcement, data collection, and oversight. It also bars internal transfers of such functions within the Department followed by agreements with other agencies, except for arrangements in effect on February 1, 2025, and renewals containing the same or substantially similar terms.

This section requires the Secretary of Education to submit, within 14 days of enactment and quarterly thereafter, detailed public reports to the Senate HELP and Appropriations Committees and the House Education and Workforce and Appropriations Committees analyzing actual and estimated obligations for each interagency agreement entered into on or after February 1, 2025, compared to fiscal year 2024 expenditures across nine specified categories including grant administration, staff training and transfers, facilities and technology upgrades, overhead, contracts, and reductions in force. It prohibits obligation or expenditure of fiscal year 2026 or 2027 Program Administration or Student Aid Administration funds for the Secretary’s travel unless the required reports are provided.