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Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort

  • Written by Joshua Cowen, Professor of Education Policy, Michigan State University
Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resortA sign marks the outside of the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C.J. David Ake/Getty Images

A federal judge on Oct. 16, 2025, paused the Trump administration’s latest round of layoffs, which targeted more than 4,000 federal workers at a range of agencies, including 466 workers at the Department of Education.

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