Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday that “we don’t need teachers panicking, we don’t need parents panicking” amid widespread cuts to the federal workforce, including the U.S. Department of Education.
“They just need to focus on getting the work done, and we’ll get it done,” he said.
The U.S. Department of Education announced workforce cuts on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Mackey said the state department was unable to access nearly $9 million of its federal funding.