Attorneys general from 24 states, including Washington’s Nick Brown, have secured an agreement requiring the Trump administration to release billions in federal education funding that had been frozen just weeks before the school year.

The settlement, announced Tuesday, compels the U.S. Department of Education to release the full balance of withheld funds by October 3. For Washington, that means nearly $137 million in K-12 funding and more than $13 million for adult education and workforce programs.

Last month, Brown and other attorneys general sued the administration, alleging it illegally froze funding for six long-standing programs. The freeze was announced on June 30—just one day before money was due to be distributed—under what officials called a “review” tied to presidential priorit

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