00:00The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans to dismantle the Education Department
00:07as part of a broader effort to reduce federal involvement in education and return authority to individual states.
00:16In a recent ruling, the court lifted a federal judge's order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 laid-off workers
00:24and blocked the transfer of key functions to other agencies.
00:27The Supreme Court's action came in a brief unsigned order.
00:31Its three liberal justices dissented.
00:34A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general, school districts and unions warned that Trump's shutdown would harm the department's core functions.
00:43Plentiffs warned that mass layoffs could delay federal aid to low-income and special-need students,
00:49risking program and staff cuts and weakened efforts to combat school discrimination,
00:54analyze student data and support college financial aid.
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