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"path": "/2026/06/16/repub/special-ed-civil-rights-to-be-shifted-out-of-trumps-shrinking-department-of-education/",
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"Education",
"Politics & Law",
"American Federation of Government Employees Local 252",
"American Federation of Teachers",
"DHS",
"DOJ",
"Donald trump",
"Linda McMahon",
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"textContent": "WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies, in another major step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle the department. The Department of Health and Human Services will administer programs under the Education Department’s Office of Special Education […]",
"title": "Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education"
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