DOGE ends nearly $1B in federal education contracts to nix waste — and DEI
Story by Ryan King • 11h
Nearly $1 billion in contracts with the federal Department of Education have been terminated, including one for $1.5 million to “observe mailing and clerical operations” at a mail facility — and scores involving DEI.
Eighty-nine contracts worth more than $881 million have been ended, the Department of Government Efficiency boasted Monday without providing specifics about the cuts — although critics said they target programs designed to track student progress.
DOGE said it also took the fiscal chainsaw to 29 diversity, equity and inclusion programs costing a total of around $101 million.
Outside education groups claimed that the main target of the latest rounds of cuts was the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences, which conducts evaluations and research to help produce statistics on students’ academic standings.
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