Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time

Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time

Top officials at the Education Department told staff members Wednesday that if they accept the Trump administration’s deferred resignation package, the education secretary may later cancel it and employees would not have any recourse, potentially leaving them without promised pay.  The Office of Personnel Management sent notices last week to federal employees that if they resign by…

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Education Department employees placed on leave after DEI training

Education Department employees placed on leave after DEI training

Dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course encouraged by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during President Donald Trump’s first administration have been placed on paid leave as part of Trump’s targeting of DEI programs, a union official told NBC News. Sheria Smith, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents…

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