US EditionEducation Department Will Release some Frozen Grants Supporting After-School and Summer Programs
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – Democratic attorneys general contend the freeze violates federal law and threatens programs serving over 1 million children in high-poverty districts, with $6.8 billion withheld for education grants.
- In Washington, DC, a coalition of 23 Democratic attorneys general and two governors challenged the administration after it froze $6.8 billion in federal school funding.
- President Donald Trump’s administration withheld over $6 billion on July 1, and the Department of Education halted Grant Award Notifications pending review, with guardrails to ensure compliance with Executive Orders, the official said.
- In Northeast Ohio, after-school providers have announced closures affecting low-income families, with roughly 1,000 educators facing layoffs weeks before 1.5 million children return.
- The Education Department will release some previously withheld after-school grants following a letter from 10 Republican senators, a senior administration official said the 21st CCLC review is complete and funds are heading to states, and West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito announced OMB’s decision.
- About one in three children could lose access to critical services this fall, and the lawsuit warns the freeze is `contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious, and unconstitutional`.
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U.S. Department of Education to release funds for 21st Century Community Learning Centers
BISMARCK, ND – Weeks after the North Dakota Afterschool Network first alerted its members of a federal funding freeze for its after-school programs, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven said changes have been made. The Department of Education now says it will release funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which supports after-school programs in North Dakota. “We heard about the importance of these after-school programs from North Dakot…
Maine Joins Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Over $6.8 Billion in Frozen Federal Education Funding
Earlier this week, the State of Maine was listed as a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over $6.8 billion worth of federal education funding that frozen ahead of its scheduled distribution date of July 1. The lawsuit alleges that this freeze is “contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious, and unconstitutional.” By taking [...] The post Maine Joins Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Over $6.8 Billion in Frozen Feder…
After-school programs potentially saved from Trump administration freeze, but ‘realistically, this thing is dead’ some still warn
Local afterschool enrichment programs directors were relieved to hear federal funding already promised to them this year will be released after Trump freeze but say the future of their programs remain shaky.
Trump administration agrees to release some education funding to states
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that the administration agreed to release about $1 billion in educational funding approved by Congress, including $6.5 million for Maine. But that's only a fraction of the more than $6 billion withheld nationally, including $28 million from Maine.
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