Layoffs at U.S. Department of Education could impact Connecticut funding
The plan is to lay off over 1,300 employees, that's half the current staff in a plan to dismantle the agency.
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3h agoPresident Donald Trump and his administration are moving ahead with a plan to downsize the U.S. Department of Education.
The plan is to lay off over 1,300 employees, that's half the current staff in a plan to dismantle the agency.
The plan, announced Tuesday, has long been expected since Trump was elected and follows buyout offers and the termination of probationary employees. With Connecticut's own Linda McMahon confirmed to lead the department last week, state education leaders and advocates were already bracing for her to carry out Trump's agenda in slashing a department they say is critical to public education.
Back in November, this was Gov. Ned Lamont's reaction.
"You're not going to end the Department of Education. You can push it back into Health and Human Services, the way it was in the 70s. You're just sort of rearranging the deck chairs." said Lamont.
The State Department of Education gets $394 million a year from Washington. That's 10% of its entire budget.
That money pays for special education, career training, and teaching foreign students English.
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