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Linda McMahon: “We transferred grants for WIOA and for, for the Perkins Act.”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 20, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 36:51

And the transitions we're starting to make, our first programs that went over to the Department of Labor, that was a few weeks ago. We actually signed the first interagency agreement which we accomplished under the authority of the Economy Act. We transferred grants for WIOA and for, for the Perkins Act. And the really good news is that the Department of Labor has a much more sophisticated system, technology system and grant fulfilling system than the Department of Education does. (36:51–36:58)

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Asserts that grants for WIOA and the Perkins Act were transferred to the Department of Labor.

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