More Layoffs Proposed at the U.S. Department of Education. How Could They Affect NC Schools?

More layoffs proposed at the U.S. Department of Education. How could they affect NC schools?

The Trump administration has already cut hundreds of other employees and hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher training and mental health grants.

Education Department Layoffs Impact Special Education, Civil Rights Functions

The 466 employees recently laid off in the already shrinking Department of Education were responsible for processing grants for special needs students and investigating discrimination and harassment complaints in schools. The School Superintendents Association, an advocacy group, stated that most staffers in the Office of Special Education and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education were terminated. Those two offices oversee $44 billion…