The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.
The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency’s employees.
Without an official estimate from the agency, it wasn’t immediately clear how many people in the division were fired. Yet based on reports from staff and their managers, most employees below the leadership level were part of the workforce reduction, said Rachel Gittleman, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252.
I love how these assholes are firing people at unprecedented rates as a way of somehow punishing Democrats. The Ds refusal to let the current admin double everyone’s medical insurance costs means Rs start dismantling the government as punishment? That’s what the Rs want in the first place. They’re doing exactly what they want while blaming the Democrats for all the negative effects, as is tradition
From what ive heard alot of republican states depend on SPED more heavily than blue ones.
This was always the plan. They’re just using the shutdown as an excuse.
IMO they created the shutdown as an excuse
They’re doing it because it works, alarmingly well. Sure, many Americans recognize that it’s all just a dishonest tactic, but not enough of us. Many Americans fall for the con, hook, line and sinker.
The numbers are clear. Most people understand and disapprove of this current scam.
many americans are just tired of the game at this point, you know republicans are selfish lying scheming pieces of shit, so you can just plan accordingly.
democrats…you have to do a dive into their entire life history to find out if/how badly they’re going to fuck you.
devil you know vs. the one you don’t
It has nothing to do with the shutdown.
From the article:
Perhaps i misinterpreted what it’s saying and it’s just regular, garden-variety destruction of government by the fascists?
That’s just USA Today uncritically repeating the disingenuous messaging of the fascists.
They may SAY that they’re doing it to force shutdown negotiations, but it’s just an excuse. In reality they’ve wanted to eliminate the Education Department since at the very latest 2012, and they just figured that pretending that it’s the Dems fault would spare them the blame when it ruins the lives of millions.
The worst part is that their cult is so thoroughly brainwashed that they’re almost certainly right 😮💨
Yeah, theyve already repeatedly tried to zero out (no funding for) and or close the education department.
I’ve said it before, but they already played their hand and admitted they want/will decimate the federal government one way or another, so it’s not a negotiation tactic.