Department of Labor to take over daily administration of adult education programs from Department of Education | News Channel 3-12

Trump administration freeze of millions for adult education prompts layoffs and cuts in Alaska

The withheld funds include grants for adult literacy, English language learning, civics and GED classes

Trump administration freeze of millions for adult education prompts layoffs, cuts for Alaska

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)Federal funds for adult education services were among those blocked by the Trump administration on July 1, causing immediate cuts to Alaska adult education and workforce development programs and staff layoffs. The U.S. Department of Education has withheld more than $6 billion in congressionally approved grants for educ…

Education Department Faces Major Shakeup: A Deep Dive - Real News Now

In response to recent policy changes, government officials have initiated the relocation of select operations to distinct departments. Shortly after the Supreme Court made its decision, dismissed employees from the Education Department were notified via email that their official termination date would be the first of August. A day following the Supreme Court’s approval for extensive employee termination, the Trump administration disclosed its in…

Education Department in the middle of a growing tug-of-war between Trump, Democrats • New Hampshire Bulletin

Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union, speaks at a rally on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C, protesting the U.S. Education Department’s mass layoffs and President Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the agency. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON  — The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital. Democrats in Congr…

Department of Labor to take over daily administration of adult education programs from Department of Education | News Channel 3-12

WASHINGTON D.C. – On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it will be taking over day-to-day operations of all federal adult education and

Trump Admin. Starts Moving CTE to Labor Dept. After Supreme Court Order

The Education Department put arrangements to move some of its programs on hold while court battles over downsizing played out.