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3 days agoEducation Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog
They were terminated by the Trump administration in a March reduction-in-force, but the courts intervened, temporarily blocking the department from completing their terminations. That left 299 OCR employees, roughly half of its staff, in legal and professional limbo because the department elected to place them on paid administrative leave while the legal battle plays out rather than allow them to work.
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