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Education Dept. can proceed with mass layoffs after Supreme Court ruling - July 14, 2025
By Eric Katz, Government Executive

The Education Department can move forward with layoffs of around 1,300 employees it previously notified it would cut after the Supreme Court on Monday struck down a court order blocking those reductions from moving forward.

The Trump administration issued reduction-in-force notices to roughly one-third of the workforce in March, but in May a federal judge in Massachusetts issued an injunction after finding the cuts made it “effectively impossible” for Education to carry out its legally required responsibilities. The employees have to date sat on paid administrative leave, but the administration can now move forward with their terminations.
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