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Trump administration has put hundreds of civil rights employees on leave, leaving Department of Education less able to field complaints from students

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.

Over a thousand people will be laid off from the 4,000-person agency

Education secretary Linda McMahon describes layoffs as ‘significant step towards restoring greatness’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance

Firings announced on Tuesday as administration decried as ‘detached from how Americans live’

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says administration will work with the US Congress to abolish department.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her end goal is to completely shutter the department

The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to shut down the agency

Department of Education warned colleges and universities across the country of the financial repercussions of what they characterize as failing to protect Jewish students