The Education Department is providing employees with a $25,000 incentive to resign before the upcoming Monday deadline.

To encourage its employees to resign or retire, particularly in anticipation of potential staff reductions, the U.S. Department of Education has announced a financial incentive of $25,000.

As reported by Politico and based on a department-wide email, employees of the Education Department have the opportunity to accept a one-time buyout by Monday at 11:59 p.m.

“The Education Department has officially reached out to its employees today with an offer to receive a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) of up to $25,000,” confirmed a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Education in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“This is a one-time offer in advance of a very significant Reduction in Force for the US Department of Education,” Jacqueline Clay, a chief human capital officer, said in the email.

President Trump vowed on the campaign trail to eliminate the Department of Education and bring the power back to the states. (Getty Images)

Back in February, the department confirmed that it canceled nearly $350 million in “woke” spending, purportedly addressing the most pressing problems of education policy and practice.

The agency canceled 10 contracts with Regional Educational Laboratories (REL), totaling $336 million, after a review of the contracts uncovered “wasteful and ideologically driven spending not in the interest of students and taxpayers,” a news release states.

It’s not clear if the cuts were related to the Department of Government Efficiency slashing the Education Department’s activities related to DEI. 

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.