US Education Department's Special Education Staff Severely Reduced Amid Shutdown
TL;DR
A new wave of layoffs at the Education Department is significantly reducing staff, especially in offices overseeing special education, civil rights, and funding programs, threatening disruptions in services for students with disabilities, low-income students, and educational programs nationwide, amid broader government shutdown-related budget cuts.
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- Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement PBS
- Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education NPR
- Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report The Guardian
- Education Dept. layoffs threaten special ed system, advocates warn USA Today
- Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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