"DOGE slashing has begun at the agency that oversees trillions of dollars of student loans, disburses grants to low-income students and those with disabilities, and collects data on kids' reading and math outcomes," Yahoo News reports.

..."Even before these latest terminations, some Education Department employees told BI last month that they were concerned about the agency's future. The Trump administration cut over $900 million in research contracts at the department, and one employee said that following kids' low reading scores, 'this is the absolute worst time to divest from education research.'

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate education committee, wrote in a post on X that he spoke to McMahon, and she affirmed that the cuts would not impact the department's 'ability to carry out its statutory obligations.'

Beth Maglione, the interim president and CEO of NASFAA — an association for student financial aid administrators — isn't convinced.

'Claiming that eliminating half the Department won't affect its services — without any clear plan to redistribute the workload — is, at best, naive and, at worst, deliberately misleading,' Maglione said. 'It also raises serious concerns about how billions of dollars in federal student aid will continue to be disbursed to students without interruption.'"

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Publication Date: 3/12/2025