The United States Supreme Court has approved President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education with its nearly 1,400 layoffs.
According to The Associated Press, the move came after a federal judge blocked the cuts from a New York lawsuit claiming such cuts would take necessary services and funding from students. Other states also joined the lawsuit.
"New York stated that the massive workforce cuts rendered statutorily mandated functions of the department incapacitated. The state said this includes almost all of the staff who review the certification and recertification of higher education institutions for federal student aid," the report said.
“Petitioners have failed to explain how the Department can continue to perform timely certification reviews with no staff, and disruptions in federal certification have already interfered with the ability of public colleges and universities to meet enrollment goals and provide academic programs,” the states wrote in the filing.
The Trump administration has complained that the courts have no ability to stop policy decisions from the Trump administration.
Read the report here.
