US Edition10 GOP senators come out against latest Trump school funding cuts, saying they ‘will harm students’
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – The 10 Republican senators argue the freeze on $6.8 billion in education funding harms states and local economies and contradicts the administration's goal of returning education control to states.
- On July 16, a group of ten Republican senators, including Shelley Moore Capito, sent a letter to Russell Vought urging the Trump administration to release $6.8 billion in federal K-12 education funds that had been withheld from states and local school districts.
- The freeze, initiated at the end of June, is part of an ongoing Office of Management and Budget review aimed at identifying and eliminating expenditures connected to what some senators describe as a radical left-wing agenda, which they argue conflicts with Trump's objective of shifting education authority back to the states.
- The withheld funding supports programs like after-school initiatives, teacher development, English language learning, and adult education that benefit diverse student groups and local communities.
- The senators argued that instead of creating additional obstacles, efforts should focus on simplifying access to education for these students, and they highlighted that after-school programs have the potential to positively influence a child's future.
- The letter and others reflect growing Republican pushback to the freeze, which has also prompted lawsuits by Democratic-led states, highlighting uncertainty about funding release and potential harm to students and local economies.
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Governor JB Pritzker pens letter urging President Trump’s education secretary to unfreeze $6.8B in grants – Chicago Sun-Times
Pritzker led the effort alongside the governors of Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Connecticut, Oregon, Kansas, Delaware, California, Kentucky, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington and Michigan. “There is no justification for withholding these funds,” the letter reads. “Our schools cannot wait. Our students should not have to suffer the whims of administrative overreach.”
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GOP members of US Senate protest Trump freeze of $6.8B in school funding
WASHINGTON — Republican members of the U.S. Senate called on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in a letter Wednesday to release the $6.8 billion in funds for K-12 schools that the Trump administration is withholding.
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