The Trump administration announced Friday it will release all previously withheld $6.8 billion in education funds back to the states.
Since July 1, education departments across the country have been urging the administration to unfreeze the funds.
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia sued the administration, calling this freeze unconstitutional, unlawful and an arbitrary decision.
Though the administration released some of the education funds, after 25 days of relentless bipartisan pushback, the administration is now announcing it will release the remaining $5.5B.
The Office of Management and Budget “has directed the Department to release all formula funds,” according to Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Education Department. “The agency will begin dispersing funds to states next week.”
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