The Department of Education began sending notices to employees that it plans to resume shrinking the department after the Supreme Court said on Monday that President Donald Trump could carry out mass layoffs.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue unwinding the Education Department

While the U.S. Department of Education cannot be dissolved completely under the law, the Supreme Court's decision on Monday to lift an injunction against the Trump administration's efforts to gut the agency took the first step in that direction -- a move that could ripple to students around the country.