Federal employees at the Education Department could be placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training. Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday and reported them to their local union president at the American Federation of Government Employees,

Employees of the Department of Education who participated in a diversity training program under the first Trump administration were placed on administrative leave on Friday evening, according to a report.

Dozens of employees at the Education Department were placed on paid administrative leave Friday as part of the Trump administration’s larger effort to rid the federal workforce of employees associated with diversity,