Washington state has joined 20 other states in a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump's executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. (Getty Images)
The latest lawsuit seeks to stop the layoffs and the move by the administration to transfer student loan and special education services outside the department, as Trump works to shift responsibilities away from the DOE.
For example, Trump announced last week that the Small Business Administration would handle student loans as part of this plan.
"The devastating cuts and layoffs at the Department of Education will directly harm Washington’s youth and their families," Brown said in a statement. "Our office will fight to defend the education and health of our students from President Trump’s illegal order."
"The devastating cuts and layoffs at the Department of Education will directly harm Washington’s youth and their families," Washington AG Nick Brown said. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
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The lawsuit from the attorneys general also claims that the mass layoffs violate the Administrative Procedures Act, which establishes procedures for how administrative agencies of the federal government may propose and issue regulations.
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