"The U.S. Department of Education slashed its workforce in half on Tuesday, laying off roughly 1,300 workers and leaving the agency hamstrung to fulfill responsibilities it's required by law to carry out," USA Today reports.

... "Beth Maglione, the interim president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said in a statement Tuesday the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate the Education Department 'without any clear plan to redistribute the workload' are 'at best, naive, and, at worst, deliberately misleading.'"

"'If there is a plan to reassign or redistribute the work of hundreds of federal employees to prevent disruptions for students and families, we strongly urge the administration to share it without delay,' she said."

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Publication Date: 3/13/2025