Department of Education employees sent home, nearly half of staff to be eliminated: report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "The Department of Education's role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington."
52% : Background : According to the DoE, when Trump took office the agency was employing 4,133 workers.
51% : The expected "reduction in force" notices come after reports spread in recent days that Trump was readying to sign an executive order to abolish the federal agency.
46% : " Trump previously expressed interest in dismantling the Department of Education and giving that power to states.
37% : Trump has long signaled his intention to close the department, but fully eliminating it will require Congress to act, Linda McMahon said during confirmation hearings earlier this year.
25% : While Trump has indicated that he wants to shutter the department, McMahon has said fully eliminating it will require Congress to act.
8% : " Trump's Cuts: Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency headed by Elon Musk have been making sweeping cuts to federal agencies since January in an attempt to eliminate "waste" and "fraud.

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