KEY POINTSSenate panel advances bill prohibiting the transfer of several key offices from the Education Department to other federal agencies.The Trump administration is overhauling the Education Department in an effort to shut down the Cabinet-level agency.Several Cabinet members sent a letter to Congress defending the interagency agreements.Education Secretary Linda McMahon has aggressively moved closer in recent months to fulfilling President Donald Trump’s long-stated desire to dismantle the embattled federal agency, shifting key oversight functions — including special education and civil rights enforcement — to other federal departments.Now a Senate panel hopes to pump the brakes on several of McMahon’s shifts.During...