Demand Our Federal Government Bring Back Fired Staff!

The Trump Administration is using the ongoing government shutdown to lay off even more federal workers at the U.S. Department of Education. The department lost half of its staff in March, and the Reductions in Force (RIFs) of 466 additional employees since the shutdown represent one-fifth of that remaining workforce.

Students with disabilities, low-income students, English learners, and students of color will feel the impact first–and the most. The very offices designed to protect their rights and fund their schools have been nearly eliminated.

• The Office of Special Education (OSEP) has been reduced by 95% since the start of the year and is now staffed by fewer than six people.
• The firing of staff in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and those who oversee Title funding will only exacerbate existing inequities in student access to resources and opportunities.

While a judge has temporarily halted layoffs at federal agencies, the fight is just beginning. We should be expanding resources for our schools, students, and families, not ripping them away.

Contact your Senators today and demand that they hold the administration accountable for reinstating fired staff at the U.S. Department of Education.

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Subject Bring back Education Dept. staff!

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I’m writing to you today as a strong supporter of public education and with deep concern about the layoffs happening across federal agencies during the shutdown, particularly at the U.S. Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education already lost half of its staff in March, and the Reductions in Force (RIFs) of 466 additional employees since the shutdown represent one-fifth of that remaining workforce. This means that an already gutted department will no longer have most of the staff essential to ensuring that students across the country have access to a quality education.

The firing of staff in the Office of Special Education (OSEP) and Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will immediately impact our most vulnerable students. Fewer than six people now staff OSEP -- this is unacceptable, and our students deserve better.

The people being laid off are those who help districts hire and train special education teachers, distribute funding for student meals and healthcare, and ensure that students from low-income communities have access to the same resources as their wealthier peers.

Please protect public education by demanding that the administration reinstate RIF’d staff at the U.S. Department of Education.

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Demand Our Federal Government Bring Back Fired Staff!

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