Education Dept. pays over $7 million a month to workers on leave

Name: Education Dept. pays over $7 million a month to workers on leave
Uploaded: 2025-06-09T16:21:00-0500
Duration: 24 s
Description: Those salary payments could continue for years as the court battle over cuts instituted by the Trump administration plays out. The Education Department laid off roughly 1,300 people in March and hundreds more took voluntary “buyouts.” The firings were part of President Donald Trump’s larger plan to dismantle the Department of Education.

Those salary payments could continue for years as the court battle over cuts instituted by the Trump administration plays out. The Education Department laid off roughly 1,300 people in March and hundreds more took voluntary “buyouts.” The firings were part of President Donald Trump’s larger plan to dismantle the Department of Education.