Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and 20 other attorneys general across the country are suing the Trump administration in hopes of blocking what they call “the illegal dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education,” according to a media release from Weiser’s office.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, comes two days after federal officials terminated nearly half of the education department’s staff as a step toward closing the department altogether.
“Coloradans rely on funding and support from the Department of Education for a range of programs, including for special education, student loan services, and rural teacher training,” Weiser said in a statement. “This evisceration of the agency will harm Coloradans, undermine our education system, and create chaos. And it is plainly unconstitutional, as only Congress can lawfully dismantle the department that it created or shut down services it has required the federal government to fund.”
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