Topline
The Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education was halted in court Thursday, as a federal judge blocked the government’s efforts to move its operations to other agencies and ordered the agency to rehire fired staff, ruling the Trump administration’s attempts to rehabilitate the agency were unlawful and causing widespread disruption.
The headquarters of the Department of Education on March 12 in Washington, DC.
Key Facts
Judge Myong J. Joun granted an injunction against the Trump administration, which blocks the Trump administration’s mass firing of approximately 50% of the Department of Education’s workforce and orders the government to rehire staff while the litigation moves forward
It also blocks Trump’s directive to move the federal student loan portfolio and special education programs out of the Department of Education and to the Small Business Administration and Department of Health and Human Services, respectively.
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