US EditionEducation Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
- On Friday, the Trump administration began laying off 466 Education Department staffers, with multiple reports saying the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services was effectively gutted.
- Amid the federal shutdown that began Oct. 1, the Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers, aiming to reduce programs and shift responsibilities, sources said.
- OSEP's monitoring and oversight duties keep IDEA compliance in place while administering roughly $15 billion in special‑education funding to support states nationwide.
- Rachel Gittleman, president of AFGE Local 252, said `Based on multiple reports from staff and their managers, we believe that all remaining staff in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services , including the Office of Special Education Programs and the Rehabilitative Services Administration , have been illegally fired,` raising legal questions and leaving families uncertain about IDEA enforcement.
- Employees who received a notice Friday were told they would remain employed until Dec. 9, while the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act turned 50 this year and serves about 8.4 million infants, toddlers, children and young adults.
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Fairfax County special ed leaders address Department of Education cuts
Members of the Fairfax County Special Education PTA gathered to address cuts that could affect not only children with disabilities, but all children. Parents of children with disabilities expressed alarm at the U.S. Department of Education cuts that happened over the weekend. Most of the staff that oversees special education programs was laid off. “We’re on the front lines right...
Federal Office of Special Education Programs experiences layoffs, no expected cuts to IDEA funds
All but two staff members from the Office of Special Education Programs have been released from their duties at the federal level, according to a memorandum shared by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
8.5M students to lose special education resources following Ed Dept layoffs
An office dedicated to special education within the U.S. Department of Education was heavily impacted during mass layoffs issued as the federal government remains shut down for the third week, CNN reported. The office served millions of people who have disabilities nationwide. The Education Department’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is mostly empty, with the exception of some top officials, after the White House sent la…
White House Vows to ‘Ride Out’ Shutdown, Continue Layoffs
The White House budget office vowed to continue laying off government agency workers, but pay military members and federal law enforcement, signaling the Trump administration is digging in as the US shutdown entered into its 14th day with no resolution in sight.
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