Education Department terminates 1,300 workers as Trump admin takes 'first step' toward shutdown | Blaze Media

Education Department terminates 1,300 workers as Trump admin takes 'first step' toward shutdown | Blaze Media: 

On Tuesday, a DOE official stated, "Today we are beginning the process to cut the total number of staff at the Department of Education roughly in half." "We are focusing on eliminating full teams whose operations are either redundant or not necessary for the functioning of the department," the official noted, adding that 131 teams would be removed. "We're going to have these folks roll over their responsibilities by Friday, March 21st. They will then go on paid administrative leave until the reduction in force is complete," the DOE official continued.