Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a multi-state lawsuit suing the U.S. Department of Education for freezing $6.8 billion in federal funding to various education programs nationwide.
In Colorado alone, $80 million is in limbo.
“The decision has thrown our schools and educational programs into chaos as they determine which services, educators, and programming will need to be cut – some of it immediately,” said a press release from Weiser’s office. “The impacts will be felt most by our low-income students and multilingual learners.”
Colorado is joined by a coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia. The states are calling the freeze “unconstitutional, unlawful and arbitrary,” as previously reported by The Center Square.
Normally every year on July 1, states receive their federal education funds, which Congress allocates for the upcoming school year.
But an email from the U.S. Department of Education, sent to various departments of education across the country, stated the department would not be “issuing obligating funds” for six formula funding programs on July 1, 2025.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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