US EditionOSDE: Special Ed Funding Intact, but Mass U.S. Department of Education Firings Pose Challenges
Layoffs reduce special education staff from 200 to 5, risking failure to enforce disability laws amid a workforce cut of nearly 20%, unions say.
- The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers Friday, reducing the workforce by nearly a fifth, as the agency shrinks from about 4,100 employees when Trump took office.
- Part of a broader plan, the cuts play into President Donald Trump's effort to shut down the Education Department and pressure lawmakers amid the federal shutdown.
- All but a handful of top officials at the IDEA office are being fired, shrinking the special education office from roughly 200 workers to about five, while teams overseeing TRIO, Title I, and 21st Century Community Learning Centers will be eliminated.
- Without key staff, districts may face delays in federal reimbursements to high-poverty schools, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education warned cuts would hinder special education law compliance, drawing condemnation from education organizations and unions.
- In court filings, unions argued the government overstepped authority, while the Trump administration said employees wouldn’t be separated for another 30 to 60 days and Jodi Grant said, `Firing that team is shocking, devastating, utterly without any basis, and it threatens to cause lasting harm.
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