Impact to Colorado is unclear but the move sparks cheers from some and worries for others.
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Colorado officials and education advocates watched anxiously as the Trump administration’s mission of reducing the federal workforce put the U.S. Department of Education on the chopping block. Now, uncertainty about the future of the state’s department and some crucial services continues to stoke the anxiety.
The federal department of education announced late Tuesday that it is laying off 50 percent of its 4,100-employee workforce. Those staff members will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21.
