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How Education Department layoffs hit student loans, testing, civil rights

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The Education Department laid off more than 1,300 employees across its divisions this week .

The department’s staff is being cut nearly in half .

A coalition of 21 state attorneys general sued the Education Department in federal court.

The agency's workforce in the Office for Civil Rights was cut by half , or possibly more.

Conservatives who support closing the Education Department see the cuts as a step toward that larger goal.

It's unclear how the agency will be able to function or produce its most important work, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress , or NAEP .

Administration officials have promised the NAEP test, also known as the Nation’s Report Card , would not be touched, but that seems impossible.

People can still turn to the companies that service their loans for help, but there will be no one to ensure those contractors do their job.

There are also fewer people at the department to handle changes to the loan portfolio, which could be disastrous when a Biden -era program ends and students are required to resume making loan payments.

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