The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing President Trump's mass layoffs at the Education Department. Nearly 1,400 staff members will now lose their jobs.

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily lifted an injunction that had prevented the firing of more than 1,300 employees, a move that would effectively gut the Education Department.

The Trump administration is moving forward with sweeping plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a move advocates say will disproportionately affect students with disabilities.

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision paving the way for the Trump administration to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education.

The layoffs are supposed to take effect in August, according to internal Education Department emails obtained by ABC News, right as many of the nation's schools return for a new school year. The ruling allows the massive reduction in force to deliver on President Donald Trump's mission to reduce fraud,