AFGE Local 252

After more than a year of dismantling the Department of Education, wasting taxpayer dollars and sidelining civil rights work, the Administration is now moving what remains of the agency out of its headquarters.

The message is clear.

We will continue to fight back.

Full Statement:
https://afge252ed.org/2026/03/26/afge-local-252-statement-on-u-s-department-of-education-moving-to-old-usaid-building/

NPR: Federal student loan functions are being moved out of the Department of Education. This is the 10th interagency shift of Education Department work. The impact on students, borrowers, and oversight is real.

L252 Pres. Rachel Gittleman weighs in:

Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student loans as well as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

One year after the sweeping RIF at the U.S. Department of Education, the impact is still unfolding.

Billions in education funding have been canceled. Thousands of grants supporting schools and colleges have been terminated. Civil rights complaints from students and families are sitting unresolved.

These decisions don’t just affect federal workers. They affect students, families, and communities across the country. They all deserve better.

Bloomberg takes a deep look at what’s happening inside the U.S. Department of Education.

40% of staff gone.
Civil rights cases stalled.
Massive program transfers underway.
This isn’t streamlining. It’s dismantling.

Read the full investigation below.

How to Shred the Department of Education Republicans have been trying to dissolve the Department of Education since it was created. Under Trump, this is how they are dismantling the federal agency, step by step

AFGE Local 252 is demanding an immediate, thorough, independent investigation into Alex’s murder, along with accountability for all responsible parties.

Our oaths require truth, justice, and action.

We will not be silent.