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Is the Department of Education list of 11 professional categories part of Title IV, TEACH grant, or another program?
Executive summary
Available reporting does not locate a specific “Department of Education list of 11 professional categories” or tie such a list explicitly to Title IV or the TEACH Grant in the set of provided sources; recent coverage instead focuses on the Education Department’s broad reshuffling of program offices and interagency transfers announced in mid‑November 2025 (see moves to shift K‑12 and postsecondary programs to other agencies) [1] [2].
1. What the recent reporting actually documents: a department being disassembled
Multiple outlets document the Education Department announcing interagency agreements that reassign major program responsibilities — for example, Elementary and Secondary and Postsecondary Education functions are being run primarily at the Labor Department, with other programs shifted to HHS, Interior, and State — as part of a broader plan to “break up” or downsize the agency [1] [2]. Coverage frames this as an administrative reorganization driven by the administration’s agenda to “return education to the states,” and notes legal and political pushback because Congress originally placed many of these offices inside the Department of Education [3] [1].
2. The specific phrase you asked about — “11 professional categories” — is not found in these pieces
None of the provided articles or press material mention a Department of Education “list of 11 professional categories,” nor do they connect such a list to Title IV or the TEACH Grant; available sources do not mention that specific list or its programmatic home [3] [4] [1] [2]. If you have a document or excerpt, sharing it would let reporters and analysts place it against the programs described in the coverage.
3. How Title IV and the TEACH Grant are treated in this coverage (what is and isn’t said)
The reporting supplied focuses on where broad program offices and certain named programs will be administered going forward (e.g., Elementary and Secondary Education and Postsecondary Education programs moving toward Labor; International Education and Foreign Language moving to State) [2]. The sources do not call out Title IV higher‑education formula programs or the TEACH Grant by name in the snippets provided, so available sources do not mention whether Title IV or TEACH Grant authority or implementation is affected or whether a list of professional categories relates to either program [1] [2].
4. Why this distinction matters legally and practically
When Congress enacts statutes (for example, Title IV student‑aid authorities), statutory language and appropriations determine which agency administers programs; news coverage highlights that critics say some moves may conflict with Congress’s placement of offices inside ED, raising legal questions about whether the Executive can unilaterally reassign congressionally‑created functions [3] [1]. If a formal “list of 11 professional categories” were part of a statutory program like TEACH or Title IV, its reassignment could raise different procedural and legal issues than if it were an internal ED guidance document — but the current reporting does not supply that linkage [3] [1].
5. Competing perspectives in the coverage
The department and administration pitch the changes as streamlining delivery, advancing the President’s promise to return education to states, and positioning partner agencies to manage specific programs [4] [2]. Opponents — including education groups and some lawmakers cited in the press — argue the changes risk undermining protections and services and may exceed the administration’s authority by relocating congressionally‑mandated offices [3] [5]. Both frames appear in the reporting and inform why precise program linkages (like to Title IV/TEACH) would be politically consequential.
6. What you can do next to get a definitive answer
If you can provide the exact phrase, document, or URL for the “list of 11 professional categories,” I can compare it against the Department’s press release and major reporting noted here and identify whether that list appears within Title IV, the TEACH Grant rules, another ED program, or an internal reorganization memo (current reporting does not include that list) [4] [1]. Alternatively, check the Department of Education press release of the interagency agreements or program webpages for Title IV/TEACH regulatory text; the press release announcing six new agency partnerships is a logical place to start [4].
Limitations and note on sources: my analysis uses only the provided news and ED materials; the precise “11 professional categories” phrase is not present in those sources, so I cannot confirm its programmatic home without additional documents [3] [4] [1] [2].