Trump's New Layoffs Hurt Disabled Kids
The recent layoffs in the Department of Education have sparked controversy, with critics arguing that it violates federal law.
This is absolutely a violation of federal law.
Last Friday, nearly all senior staff members in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) received reduction-in-force notices, as part of a larger wave of layoffs affecting 460 people across the Department of Education.
- Approximately one in five workers in the agency received RIF notices.
- OSEP is responsible for distributing funding connected to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which supports roughly 7.5 million disabled students on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
- The federal government is supposed to cover up to 40% of IEP costs, but currently only pays around 13%.
Author's summary: Layoffs hurt disabled kids' education funding.
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