California and other countries require that massive redundancies at the US Department of Education.

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California and 19 states, in addition to Washington, today responded to the dismantling of the Ministry of Education from the Trump Administration, saying that the impact will be catastrophic for millions of pre -school to secondary and university levels, especially for low -income students or who are in special education.

In one DeclarationCalifornia General Prosecutor, Rob Bont Bont and other General Democratic Prosecutors said President Donald Trump has no authority to dismantle the department established by Congress in 1979. They are asking a judge to require the federal government to hire 1300 workers who have been dismissed this week.

“The worrying thing here is that the reduction of the staff is so difficult and that is not relying on the department to fulfill its legal functions,” Bont said during a press conference this morning. “Only Congress can make such drastic changes. Not the agency. Not the President. “

Thehe Search requests That the Trump administration violates the Constitution of the United States and does not comply with legal procedures.

At the beginning of the week, according to the Trump Directive, the department He reduced his staff Almost half, rejecting about 1,300 employees and accepting compensation for dismissal of almost 600, thus fulfilling Trump’s promise to dismantle federal educational programs. Republicans confirm their desire to Completely remove the Ministry of Education And they transfer their responsibilities to other federal departments to reduce bureaucracy and save money.

The abbreviations are one of several Trump measures to restructure schoolsS In recent weeks, he has taken vigorous measures against schools that protect transgender students and Encouraging initiatives for diversityS Also eliminates federal regulations that prevent entry immigration agents to school campuses.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said educational cuts They would improve the efficiency of the department And they would not affect financing special education, student loans or high poverty schools. However, he also said that “all units of the department are affected by the reduction, and some require a significant reorganization to serve better students, parents, teachers and taxpayers.”

The lack of transparency

So far, the redundancies seemed to be focusing on data collection and research, although the range of impact on other divisions is not clear. In addition to special education, school funding with high poverty and student loans, the department applies civil rights laws in campus, manages early and bilingual childhood educational programs and provides subsidies to help homeless students and support vocational and technical training, among other initiatives.

The lack of transparency in the abbreviations is “worrying,” said UC Berkeley Education Professor Bruce Fuller.

“We do not know if the dismissed managed programs for children with disabilities, helping schools with low incomes or reducing university debt,” Fuller said. “McMahon says they don’t cut these programs. But is there anyone who commands to guarantee the flow of funds to the United States?

Even if the cuts are limited to research and data collection, the impact is detrimental, said Joe Bishop, director of the UCLA School Transformation Center. Researchers are studying educational initiatives to determine what works, whatever, what students need additional support and the overall efficiency of schools.

“The abbreviations … are a direct threat to the intellectual infrastructure established by Congress to ensure the application of systems that evaluate students’ education and the health of the school system in the United States,” Bishop said. “These reductions in efficiency generate new costs that will affect the lives of students and their families for generations.”

Last year, the primary and secondary schools in California received $ 10.7 billion from the federal government, approximately 9% of their total budget for this program. Services such as lessons, extracurricular programs, nutrition and other services for students enrolled in special education were funded.

Universities are also affected according to demand

Universities and their students will also be affected by the dismissal of the department, the lawsuit argued.

More than 800,000 students in California Pell Federal Scholarships obtained in 2021-22which amount to $ 7,400 a year and are crucial for students to access a university degree. State students received over $ 3,500 million in Pell scholarships in 2021-22. Federal loans to the university are usually the only way a student can cover the cost of getting a degree. Hundreds of thousands of Californians also receive them.

“The removal of the department will reach the opposite of the declared goals of the administration and, on the other hand, will lead to expensive inefficiency and lack of responsibility,” said Jesse Ryan, president of the research and defense campaign of the California -based college opportunity.

The demand lists numerous higher education programs created by Congress and administered by the Ministry of Education. With the massive abbreviations of staff, demand emphasizes that financial assistance may not reach the students and campus they are present, which would be an example of “functional elimination of financial assistance”, according to demand.

The agency controls $ 120 billion a year in low -interest student loans, grants and training programs for 13 million students.

The demand claims that even if the money for these programs remains in books, they cannot work without the staff of the Ministry of Education. “Students at state universities do not know whether their federal assistance packages will be processed on time and will be available before the start of the 2025 autumn semester,” the request said.

General prosecutors also presented examples of how the flow of federal education was hindered as the department announced the mass dismissals on March 11. The System of the Federal Funds Payment Department of States has ceased to be available on March 12. When some users tried to access the aforementioned website, they received a signal that said, “Due to the severe staff restrictions, you can expect a delay in connection with a live technical support agent.”

Many public university systems would face “existential threat” if students did not receive their federal help on time, says DECT.

Search also emphasizes that department’s supervision and compliance features can be compromised due to dismissal. For example, the group of admissibility and supervision services of schools helps to ensure that campuses receiving federal financial assistance meet the rules that regulate the payment of the said funds. The dismissal of the department “effectively eliminates” this division, according to the request.

Today’s request is the eighth filed by Bont and other general democratic prosecutors. Bont and other general democratic prosecutors who have submitted today’s request have filed seven more against the Trump administration. They said they would continue to demand whether they thought Trump had violated the law or acted outside his authority.

Also today, a San Francisco Judge has ruled in favor of General Prosecutors in one of his previous requests related to the reduction of Trump’s federal staff. The judge ordered the federal government Again -convert thousands of workers fired by six agencies.

This article was originally published by CalmattersS