Twenty states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration over its cut of over 1,315 Department
Twenty states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration over its cut of over 1,315 Department of Education employees.
California, New York and several other states joined the lawsuit against the department, President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon over the decision to reduce department staff by nearly 50% on Tuesday. The lawsuit says the states will suffer “immense damage” due to the cuts.
“The Department of Education is essential. Plaintiff States rely on the Department for an extraordinary array of programs,” the lawsuit reads. “This massive [reduction in force] RIF is not supported by any actual reasoning or specific determinations about how to eliminate purported waste in the Department — rather, the RIF is part and parcel of President Trump’s and Secretary McMahon’s opposition to the Department of Education’s entire existence.
