Feds Releasing Education Grant Funds Ahead of School Year Start

Feds releasing education grant funds ahead of school year start

BOSTON (SHNS) - The U.S. Department of Education plans to release "the vast majority" of $6.8 billion in education grants it withheld from states in June, though the "chaos and confusion" the freeze caused in Massachusetts can't be undone, according to Attorney General Andrea Campbell.  Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the funding announcement Friday prior to a session about federal education priorities at the National Governors Associatio…

Linda McMahon's Education Funding Bodyslam Averted, For Now

As 9NEWS’ Marshall Zelinger reports from this weekend’s meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) meeting at the Phil Anschutz-owned Broadmoor international swank zone in Colorado Springs, there’s good news and bad news to report on the matter of millions of dollars in education funds recently frozen by the Trump administration, who questioned whether the […]