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In an unprecedented move, in contradiction to long-standing statutes, “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 pressure Democratic lawmakers over the federal shutdown. The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced by more than half its size when President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20.”
A number of national organizations have issued action alerts to oppose the dismantling of the federal office responsible for implementing and enforcing laws supporting and protecting students with special needs. We recommend taking one or all of these actions:
From the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools: https://secure.everyaction.com/z8K3yNhyI0-1D3ju78glYA2?ms=PA+AROS+EJT
From the National Center for Learning Disabilities: https://ncld.quorum.us/campaign/restore/
From the Network for Public Education: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/alert-federal-special-education-staffing-gutted-putting-idea-funding-at-risk
From the Arc: https://action.thearc.org/BPzcfsy
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