WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday it’ll soon release billions in Education Department funding that has been frozen for weeks, delaying disbursements to K-12 schools throughout the country.

The funding — which goes toward migrant education, English-language learning and other programs — was supposed to go out before July 1, but the administration informed schools just one day before that it was instead holding onto $6.8 billion while staff conducted a review. Members of both parties in Congress objected to the move.

In Salem

The recently unfrozen money provides about $6 million for Salem-Keizer School District programs , including migrant education and teacher training. District leaders previously said they had enough in reserves to keep paying employees this year i

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