Monday, October 13, 2025

Trump Admin Guts Department Overseeing Special Education

Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department.

Posted by Dbt2 at 02:30 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo

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-- NPR (@npr.org) Oct 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM

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That segment of the population it too small for conservatives to give a rat's ---.

Burden on society an' all that...

Screw 'em.


#1 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-13 03:37 PM

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-13 04:05 PM

The more kids that get beyond a high school diploma, the more Dem voters there are... so this is just part of the election rigging process.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-13 04:06 PM

This is Trump's COVID logic: If we're not spending money on special education, we've solved the problem!

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-10-13 04:12 PM

Everyone knows that children don't vote, and by the time the youngsters affected are old enough to vote in this country that open, free and fair elections will be a quaint remembrance of a bygone era...

#5 | Posted by catdog at 2025-10-13 04:40 PM

"Only the strong survive" - MAGAs

#6 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-10-13 07:28 PM

Disgusting and inhuman, but then, that is what Trump is at his core.

#7 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-10-14 07:41 AM

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