What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities

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Massive layoffs initiated this week at the Education Department could hamstring the federal government’s efforts to assist students with disabilities, former officials and education experts said, citing blows to the agency’s civil rights and research divisions.

On Tuesday, the department began laying off around 1,300 employees, cutting nearly half the staff in its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and over 100 from the Institute of Education Sciences.

What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities

Experts say this week's mass layoffs could lead to less research and support for children nationwide.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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The cuts in those two divisions mean there will be far fewer staff members to finish the 12,000 pending federal investigations into allegations of civil rights violations at schools — roughly half of which involve disability issues — and fewer employees to review and distribute government-funded research into effective ways to educate children with autism or severe intellectual disabilities.

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon. Experts say they raise concerns about what the future will look like for civil rights enforcement as the Trump administration continues chipping away at federal oversight.

 

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The Department of Education has the smallest staff of any cabinet agency.

To put it into reference, the Social Security Administration has 60,000 employees. The average SSA employee distributes $22 million in benefits, while the average ED employee distributes a shocking $57 million in benefits. Benefits that the ED distributes are more complex, and they are also supposed to distribute best practices to the teachers.

I do not think people realize how tiny this staff already is.

 

[Guno צְבִי]

The Department of Education has the smallest staff of any cabinet agency.

To put it into reference, the Social Security Administration has 60,000 employees. The average SSA employee distributes $22 million in benefits, while the average ED employee distributes a shocking $57 million in benefits. Benefits that the ED distributes are more complex, and they are also supposed to distribute best practices to the teachers.

I do not think people realize how tiny this staff already is.

Yep so much

The cuts in those two divisions mean there will be far fewer staff members to finish the 12,000 pending federal investigations into allegations of civil rights violations at schools — roughly half of which involve disability issues — and fewer employees to review and distribute government-funded research into effective ways to educate children with autism or severe intellectual disabilities.

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon. Experts say they raise concerns about what the future will look like for civil rights enforcement as the Trump administration continues chipping away at federal oversight.

So much for the phoney special ed teachers argument @TOP

 

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Massive layoffs initiated this week at the Education Department could hamstring the federal government’s efforts to assist students with disabilities, former officials and education experts said, citing blows to the agency’s civil rights and research divisions.

On Tuesday, the department began laying off around 1,300 employees, cutting nearly half the staff in its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and over 100 from the Institute of Education Sciences.

What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities

Experts say this week's mass layoffs could lead to less research and support for children nationwide.

www.nbcnews.com

"Less research?" That's it? So, in other words, nothing, nada, zip-point-shit.