BOSTON (SHNS) - The U.S. Department of Education plans to release "the vast majority" of $6.8 billion in education grants it withheld from states in June, though the "chaos and confusion" the freeze caused in Massachusetts can't be undone, according to Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon made the funding announcement Friday prior to a session about federal education priorities at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The funding, more than $107 million of which is expected to be funneled into Massachusetts schools, was initially expected to be released to districts on July 1. It is now expected to be released to states this week.

The federal agency told state officials June 30 that expected grants were under revi

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