Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
UNITED STATES, JUL 2 – The administration’s freeze threatens essential programs for English learners and after-school services, impacting over 220,000 youth and risking nearly 6,000 jobs, advocates warn.
- On July 1, 2025, the Trump administration froze $6.8 billion in federal K-12 funds, with no timeline for review, threatening school budgets nationwide.
- Months ago, the Trump administration signaled its intent to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, complemented by plans to eliminate programs in its fiscal 2026 budget proposal.
- Several critical programs, including before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-learner support, which Randi Weingarten said 'directly harms the children in our nation,' are being withheld, critics argue.
- This uncertainty has forced school districts to delay hiring and initiatives just weeks before the upcoming school year.
- Boys and Girls Clubs of America could close over 900 centers, impacting more than 220,000 children, Jim Clark warned, if funding remains frozen.
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Trump administration releases after school grant money — with a catch
In summary Trump withheld about $7 billion in education funds for various school programs nationwide, including about $800 million for California. California after-school and summer programs will get some of their funding back after the federal government said on Friday that it would restore grants it had previously withheld. But the money is contingent on states complying with Civil Rights laws – a cudgel the White House has used in the past to…
Teachers and school staff are on the chopping block in Cheboygan County thanks to the Trump administration
Up in the rural community of Wolverine, superintendent Matt Baughman is worried about how to keep his schools afloat if the Trump administration decides not to release federal funding for public education. Matthew Baughman is used to people underestimating his school district. “It’s easy to overlook a small, rural district like Wolverine,” said Baughman, superintendent and elementary principal for Wolverine Community Schools. But, he added, th…


Louisiana schools will get after-school grants that were withheld by the Trump administration
Louisiana is set to receive nearly $28 million for after-school programs that had been held up by the Trump administration, easing fears that schools would have to cut services for students next month when they return from summer break.
U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Demands Vought, McMahon stop blocking $7 billion for afterschool programs, K-12 schools across America
Trump admin has withheld $80 million from Wisconsin from funding signed into law by President Trump in March WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led 31 of her Senate colleagues in demanding the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ...
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