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'Upsetting': Civil servants across the US part of Department of Education's mass layoffs

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Department of Education 's mass layoffs affected some 1,315 employees on Tuesday .

Source: Most of the reduction in force affected the Offices for Civil Rights and Federal Student Aid .

The cuts account for a nearly 50% reduction at the department, senior officials say.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says the agency will still administer statutory programs that students rely on.

"There's no rules in a hostile takeover," the employee said. "They're treating the government like it's a business, and it's not and that's what's unfortunate.".

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