US EditionJudge orders Trump administration to reinstate Education Department employees
- A federal judge in Boston halted President Donald Trump’s March directive aimed at closing the Education Department and mandated that employees who were dismissed in recent mass layoffs be reinstated.
- The injunction followed lawsuits by Massachusetts school districts, the American Federation of Teachers, and 21 Democratic attorneys general claiming layoffs illegally crippled department functions.
- The judge said the large layoffs, which fired about 1,300 staff, endangered critical services like special education, financial aid distribution, and civil rights enforcement.
- Judge Myong Joun quoted plaintiffs describing a "stark picture of the irreparable harm" from financial uncertainty, loss of knowledge access, and essential service disruptions.
- The ruling blocks Trump’s campaign promise to close the department and requires reinstatement while litigation proceeds, though the administration says layoffs aim at efficiency, not shutdown.
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Judge Orders Education Department Employees Reinstated
A federal judge ruled today that the massive reduction in force at the department was tantamount to dismantling it, which only Congress can do. The Trump administration has already challenged the decision. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the Department of Education in a decisive rebuke of this spring’s sweeping reduction in force and the executive branch’s efforts to weaken the Education Dep…
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