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Department of Education layoffs spark concerns for low-income, special education students

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1,300 people at the U.S. Department of Education were fired Tuesday .

That cut the DOE ’s workforce roughly in half .

Teachers are worried that students who need the most assistance won’t get it, including low-income and special education students.

Officials insist the cuts will not affect civil rights investigations.