US EditionEducation Department Will Release some Frozen Grants Supporting After-School and Summer Programs
UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – Democratic attorneys general claim the Trump administration’s freeze of $6.8 billion federal education funds violates laws and threatens after-school programs serving over 1 million children.
- On July 15, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island over the freeze of $6.8 billion in federal school grants.
- On July 1, the Department of Education withheld more than $6 billion in grants pending an Office of Management and Budget review, despite Congress having appropriated and allocated the funds.
- Across Northeast Ohio, providers are scaling back services, many low-income families stand to lose care and Superintendent Kate Bartlett said `It really is in that sense a safety net program`.
- Following a letter from 10 Republican senators, the Education Department will release some previously withheld after-school grant money after a senior administration official said the programmatic review of 21st Century Community Learning Centers is complete.
- Over the long term, about one in three children could lose access to critical programs next year and President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would zero out programs under review.
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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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