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Trump cuts Education Department in half after laying off 1,300 workers

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More than 1,300 Education Department employees received termination notices Tuesday .

572 employees accepted buyouts offered in recent weeks in exchange for their resignations.

The cuts will cut the department from 4,133 workers when President Donald Trump began his second term in January to 2,183 .

The agency, which has long been the target of conservative ire, is already reeling from waves of employee suspensions, resignations and broader policy shifts affecting students.

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