The Department of Education shoots 1,300 workers and reduces its staff

The Department of Education announced on Tuesday that more than 1,300 workers were shot down, managing federal loans to the college, monitoring student achievements and emitting civil rights laws in schools.

The department, which started the year with 4,133 employees, will now have a half -scale working group after less than two months in office. In addition to the 1,315 workers who were removed on Tuesday, 572 employees accepted the separation packs issued in recent weeks and 63 qualified workers stopped last month.

Although he could not be closed without the approval of the Congress, he said, as he said he wanted to do, these cuts were Mr.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon described as part of an effort to provide the dismissal more efficiently, and said these changes would not affect student loans, bell subsidies, special need for students with funding or competitive subsidy.

“Reducing today’s power reflects the determination of the education department to ensure that the efficiency, accountability and resources are operating in the most important places: for students, parents and teachers,” Mrs. McMahon said in a statement.

Senator Bill Kasidi wrote on social media that she was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, and that he had spoken to Mrs. McMahon, who had been guaranteed to “fulfill its legal obligations of the cuts department.