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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NDDPI says services not affected amid U.S. Education Department staff reductions
BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — With the government shutdown nearing its third week, the U.S. Department of Education recently announced more staffing reductions, cutting about 466 workers on Friday. A large part of these were from the special education office, with the Associated Press reporting the office went from about 200 workers down to about five. The office that implements the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — ensuring millions of stu…
Trump's shutdown firings hollow out special education office
On Friday, the Trump administration fired most employees at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The Department of Education office is tasked with protecting the rights of millions of children with disabilities across the country and ensuring they get an education. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Laura Meckler, national education writer for The Washington Post.
Trump’s Education Department layoffs come for special education, civil rights
WASHINGTON — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs.The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers on Friday amid mass firings across the government meant to pres…
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