by Alvin Buyinza

It might be harder for Black students with disabilities to get the support they need from the federal government after the Trump administration laid off nearly every worker inside the Education Department’s special education unit last week.

The Trump administration laid off hundreds of staffers at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) on Oct. 10 as part of the latest round of cuts at the U.S. Department of Education. But on Wednesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the move after two employee unions sued the government over the mass firings. During the court hearing, Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California said the Trump administration’s decision was “enormously disruptive” to students, the 74 reported.

For decades,

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