Trump Administration Agrees to Release Frozen Education Funds

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday that the Trump administration has agreed to release the remainder of federal education funding that had been frozen earlier this summer, resolving a multistate lawsuit by October 3.

Bonta co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two states that sued after the administration halted six longstanding Department of Education programs on June 30, just weeks before the school year was set to begin. The freeze jeopardized more than $900 million in California alone, threatening after-school and summer learning programs, teacher preparation efforts, and support services for English learners.

Under the agreement, the administration will release the full balance of withheld fu

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