Education Department to Lay Off Half Its Staff
President Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate the Education Department as part of his aim to transfer more responsibility for education to the states.
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to cut approximately half of its 4,000 employees in sweeping layoffs set to begin on Tuesday evening, CNN reported, citing three people familiar with the plan.
The department's offices in the Washington area had already been ordered closed from Tuesday evening through Wednesday for "security reasons," according to an internal announcement seen by Reuters.
President Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate the Education Department as part of his aim to transfer more responsibility for education to the states.