Linda McMahon Restructures Education Department While Leaving SBA Role for Kelly Loeffler

Linda McMahon no longer serves as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. According to Paul Hastings Daily Financial Regulation Update on April 1, 2026, Kelly Loeffler took that role effective February 19, 2025.In recent days, McMahon has focused on her position as U.S. Education Secretary. The APLU Washington Update from April 1, 2026 reports that she announced the Department of Education will vacate its Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters in August, transferring the building to the Department of Energy. McMahon stated the move shows unprecedented progress in reducing the federal education footprint and allows the space to benefit another agency more.Inside Higher Ed on April 2, 2026 notes that last month McMahon announced plans to move the Office of Federal Student Aid to the Department of Treasury. In November she revealed six interagency agreements shifting dozens of programs to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Interior, Labor, and State. These steps aim to outsource staff and relocate remaining employees to a smaller building.An AOL article details McMahon's vow to break up the federal education bureaucracy, return education to the states, and empower local leaders as part of efforts to shrink the department.The Los Angeles Times on April 1, 2026 covers the Education Department's directive for over 7 million SAVE plan borrowers. Notices begin Friday instructing them to select new repayment plans within 90 days, following a federal court striking down the plan last month. Borrowers in forbearance since July 2024 now face resuming payments this summer, with interest accruing on balances.These actions highlight McMahon's push to streamline federal operations in education.Thank you for tuning in, listeners. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.