California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday an agreement with the Trump administration to release the entire $6.8 billion in education funds that had been abruptly withheld from states by the administration a few weeks before the start of the school year.

The agreement will restore congressionally allocated funds for six programs that the Trump administration had announced it would withhold as of June 30 , including those that provide educational support to migrant children and English learners, after-school and summer learning programs, and teacher training.

A spokesperson for the White House had stated the frozen funds, of which California receives $900 million, were reviewed for being “grossly misused to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.”

The agreement follows a mu

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