March 27 (UPI) -- The Department of Education has announced it is relocating its headquarters to a smaller office in Washington, D.C., as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.
The department has been located in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building on 400 Maryland Avenue SW in the nation's capital since it began operations in May 1980, when the facility was called Federal Office Building No. 6.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, the Education Department has announced plans to shed nearly 50% of its more than 4,133 employees as part of plans to eliminate the agency and return control over education to the states.
Announced by Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a statement Thursday, the department will relocate a block away to 500 D Street SW.
Reasons for the move include saving taxpayer dollars and eliminating wasted space in the building. According to the Department of Education, only 30% of the Lyndon Baines Johnson was occupied.
