Education Department Guts Special Education Staff Amid Government Shutdown

1. After already making deep cuts to staff at the Department of Education (ED) last spring, Trump administration uses shutdown to cut more, particularly staff that carries out services for students with disabilities.
2. By firing nearly every employee who supports special education, advocates say the administration is turning its back on 7.5 million children who have disabilities.
3. Parents of children with disabilities, already facing higher costs with SNAP and Medicaid cuts, feel the administration targeting the public schools and the services their kids need.

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