The United States Department of Education has resigned almost half of its team. The announcement on Tuesday, 11, amid the cutting of Federal Government officials promoted by Donald Trump, is a prelude to the president’s plans to dismantle the agency.
The department, which started the year with 4,100 employees, announced the resignation of 1,300 on Tuesday. In addition, 572 accepted the voluntary shutdown offered by the government in recent weeks and another 63 probationary stage were dismissed. This means that in just two months of government the agency has lost half of its workforce.
A, when he promised to close the department that, in his words, would have been taken by “radicals, fanatics and Marxists.” The president says she wants secretary Linda McMahon to “get out of the job” and close the agency.
The task would be complex and would probably require an action from the US Congress. But the American press anticipated last week that Donald Trump was willing to dismantle the agency. The information is based on the decree project that ordered Linda to dismantle the department itself.
According to the draft of the text, the secretary should be in charge of “taking all the necessary measures to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education”.
Shortly after his name confirmed by the Senate last week, Linda McMahon warned in memorandum that employees should prepare for deep cuts. She said the “final mission” of the Department of Education was to eliminate bureaucratic swelling and transfer the agency’s authority to states.
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By announcing the layoffs, Linda said the cuts reflect the agency’s commitment to “efficiency, accountability and guarantee that resources will be allocated to parents and teachers. The workers affected will be placed on administrative license at the end of next week.
Created in 1979, under the presidency of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the Department of Education distributes billions of dollars to schools and universities and manages the student loan portfolio. In addition to the financial attributions, the folder plays an important regulatory role in the services that serve students, especially the most vulnerable. (With international agencies).
