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DepartmentofEducationcutinhalf: AsofTuesday,theEducationDepartmentisabouthalfthesizeitwaswhenPresidentDonaldTrumptookofficejustafewweeksago.
SeeminglypertheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency’sguidance,theDepartmentofEducationcut1,315workers.Inadditiontothosefirings,“572employeesacceptedseparationpackagesofferedinrecentweeksand63probationaryworkerswereterminatedlastmonth,”reports TheNewYorkTimes (whichseemssubstantiallymoreconcernedaboutthesemovesthanIam).
Laid-offworkers“willremainonthepayrollfor90days,receivingfullpayandbenefits,andbegivenoneweekofpayforeachoftheirfirst10yearsofserviceandtwoweeks’payforeveryyearofservicebeyond10years,”perthe Times.(Seemsreasonable.)
Trumpneedscongressionalapprovaltofullyclosetheoffice,whichheappearsmotivatedtodo.TheissuanceofPellGrantsforlow-incomestudentsandfundingforspecialedprogramswillnot
