Washington – Education Department plans to dismiss over 1,300 of his employees as part of the effort by half the employees of the organization – prelude to the plan of President Donald Trump Demolition of the agency.
Department officials announced cuts on Tuesday, asking questions about the agency’s ability to continue ordinary operations.
The Trump administration has already failed the agency’s staff, although the redemption offers and the solution to trial workers. The agency said that after Tuesday dismissals, employees of the education department will be about half of the previous 4100 previous 4100.
Exemptions are part Dramatic reduction Directed by Trump, which is carried out to reduce the trace of the federal government. Thousands of jobs are expected to be cut by Veterans DepartmentThe Social security administration and other agencies.
The department also ends the lease agreement on buildings in cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland, was given by officials.
Department’s officials said that it would continue to perform their key functions, such as the distribution of federal assistance for schools, managing student loans and supervision over Pell grants.
“Today’s reduction reflects the involvement of the Education Department in performance, accountability and assurance that resources are focused where they matter: to students, parents and teachers,” said education secretary Linda McMahon.
McMahon told employees to prepare for deep cuts in the note issued on March 3, on the day she was confirmed by the Senate. She said that the “final mission” of the department to eliminate bureaucratic flatulence and transfer the agency’s rights in states.
On Tuesday, the department sent E -Mail to employees informing that its headquarters and regional offices will be closed on Wednesday, with prohibited access, from re -opening on Thursday. The only reason for closing was the undefined “causes of security”.
Trump ran a campaign based on the promise of closing the department, saying that he was overtaken by “radicals, fanatics and Marxists.” At McMahon confirmation hearingShe admitted that only Congress is entitled to abolish the agency, but she said that this could be due to cuts and reorganization.
Whether cuts will be felt by America students – as democrats and supporters are afraid – they will not yet be noticed. There are already fears that the administration program has pushed aside some of the agency’s most fundamental works, including the enforcement of civil rights disabled students and management of USD 1.6 trillion in federal student loans.
McMahon told the legislators during her hearing that its goal was not to separate the basic programs, but to augment their performance.
Even before dismissals, the education department was one of the smallest agencies at the office level. According to the department’s website, his working strength included 3100 people in Washington and an additional 1100 in regional offices throughout the country.
The department’s employees stood in the face of growing pressure to quit the job since Trump took the office, first as part of a deferred resignation program, and then through the purchase offer of USD 25,000, which expired on March 3. The purchase offer appeared with a warning that “significant exemptions” will take place in the near future.
