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Education Partial Announced

Job Corps shutdown paused by court after closure announcement

99 centers, ~25,000 students

Original action

The Department of Labor announced a 'pause' suspending Job Corps operations, with all 99 contractor-run centers slated to close by June 30.

  • Department of Labor
  • Job Corps

Reversal

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the shutdown, finding DOL lacked authority to terminate the congressionally funded program; a later order kept the 99 centers open.

  • Mechanism: court-forced

Notes

Court-forced reversal; the Supreme Court's later limits on nationwide injunctions added uncertainty, and some centers had already begun closing.

Added 2026-06-18 · Updated 2026-06-18