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U.S. Government Gives some Education Money Back to States
UNITED STATES, JUL 20 – The Trump administration released $1.3 billion after bipartisan and legal pressure but still withholds $5.5 billion, affecting staffing and programs in 24 states and D.C.
- On June 30, the U.S. Department of Education froze $45 million at New Mexico schools, risking about 170 jobs statewide, as the decision announced to hold back nearly $7 billion in funding.
- The federal Office of Management and Budget, which is scrutinizing the funds, believes schools are using the money to promote a 'radical leftwing agenda,' while Ten Republican senators wrote to the OMB asking that the money be reinstated.
- Twenty-Four states and the District of Columbia sued to restore funding, with Vermont among them calling the freeze unconstitutional and drawing a rare GOP rebuke.
- Following bipartisan pushback, states began receiving funds, and the Trump administration released $1.3 billion, offering relief for state education officials and local districts.
- This month, districts remain in limbo after over $26 million from six federal grant programs were withheld, leaving budgets for the 2026 fiscal year in uncertainty.
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The politics of performance
After the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, Congress enacted a bipartisan law, to great fanfare, that included $1 billion for mental health programs in schools. This spring, the Trump administration zeroed out this budget line. According to The New York Times, no GOP member has offered a single public word in protest.
Trump administration partially lifts funding freeze, sends $6.5 million to Vermont schools for afterschool programs
More than $18 million in federal funds remains withheld, state officials said, including money for English language learning programs and adult learning centers.
Dems Legal Action Forces Trump To Release Education Funds
Following widespread backlash and threats of legal action, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that it will free up part of the $6.8 billion worth of education funding the president has withheld from states. Earlier this week, 24 states sued the administration after it announced it would refuse to send the money—which had already been appropriated by Congress—to states just weeks before the start of the school year…
Some frozen federal funds for schools released to states by Trump administration • Virginia Mercury
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration confirmed Friday that it’s releasing funds that support before- and after-school programs as well as summer programs, a portion of the $6.8 billion in withheld funds for K-12 schools that were supposed to be sent out two weeks ago. The administration has faced bipart…
Vermont schools will receive $6.5M in afterschool funds after Trump partially lifts freeze – Knowhere News
Vermont schools should soon be able to access roughly $6.5 million in summer and afterschool funding after the Trump administration announced Friday it would release $1.3 billion in previously withheld education money nationwide. The news will come as welcome relief to working parents who rely on the programming — and school districts that had banked on the money when they built their budgets for the current year. But it leaves over $18 million …
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