The Trump administration released $1.3 billion in education funding back to the states after bipartisan pushback.
After the U.S. Department of Education announced it would withhold $6.8 billion in federal education funding, lawmakers and education officials across the country took steps in demanding the funds be released.
Now $1.3 billion has been released with a caveat. The federal government said the funds must be allocated toward “allowable activities,” or the money will be revoked.
Each year on July 1, states receive their federal education funds for the upcoming school year. But on June 30, the U.S. Department of Education sent an email to state education departments across the country, stating it would not be “issuing obligating funds” to education programs.
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Author: Joe Weber
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