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Murkowski: Trump Administration Funding Freeze Could Result in ‘Closing Schools’
ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY, ALASKA, JUL 22 – The coalition argues the freeze violates federal laws and blocks funds for vulnerable student programs, with about $1 billion partially released amid ongoing legal challenges.
- A coalition of school districts and advocacy groups sued President Donald Trump’s administration in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, involving a $6 billion funding freeze.
- On July 1, the administration paused $6 billion in education funding as part of a programmatic review announced June 30, and OMB provided no timeline for completion.
- Within 48 hours, a senior administration official said that more than $1 billion was unfrozen for programs, while earlier this month Anchorage School District laid off staff after $46 million was frozen.
- The lawsuit contends that the freeze violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Impoundment Control Act and the constitutional separation of powers, and North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson said `It's against the Constitution.`
- The lawsuit aims to compel the US Department of Education and the White House OMB to release funds for vulnerable students, with two dozen state attorneys general and Democratic governors filing similar suits.
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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Government watchdog finds Trump Administration illegally froze funding to Head Start nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, released the following statement after a nonpartisan, independent government watchdog found that the Trump Administration illegally withheld funding from...
Murkowski: Trump administration funding freeze could result in ‘closing schools’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) fears the Trump administration’s multi-billion dollar education funding freeze could cause schools in her state to close as districts struggle to keep employees without the money. The administration originally froze a total of $6 billion in funding to schools, affecting after-school and summer programs, along with classes for adult and English…
Trump freezes $25M in funding for WV schools, districts on the hook to cover necessary costs • West Virginia Watch
Inside a Kanawha County elementary classroom in West Virginia. (Lexi Browning | West Virginia Watch)West Virginia is set to lose more than $25 million in federal education funding this coming school year after President Donald Trump’s administration withheld billions in federal money for after-school and summer programs, adult literacy and English language instruction to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities. The federal fun…
Here’s How Much Taxpayer Cash the Groups Now Suing Trump Received Under Biden
The nonprofits that sued to block President Donald Trump’s reforms during his first month in office had been awarded $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds in the previous administration. “Your tax dollars provide critical support for the web of woke groups trying to transform America,” Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, told The Daily Signal. “It’s shameless of them to use your tax dollars to sue your government for even more of yo…
Governor Shapiro challenges Trump administration’s unlawful decision to withhold $230 million from Pennsylvania schools - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. S (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) The cuts threaten critical initiatives to help Pennsylvania students learn, including teacher recruitment, the purchasing of critical technology supplies to support students, and connecting students to in-demand industries. HARRISBURG, Pa. -– On July 14, Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit w…
School Districts Sue Trump Admin Over $6.8 Billion Funding Freeze
A coalition of school districts, teachers’ unions, parents, and advocacy groups has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of unlawfully freezing some $6.8 billion in education funds Congress had earmarked for programs such as after-school care. Filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island on July 21, the lawsuit targets the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OM…
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