(The Hill) -- The Trump administration announced Monday that nearly $500 million in federal funds will be redirected to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCCUs).

HBCUs and TCCUs will get a one-time investment of $495 million on top of what is going in the 2025 federal budget, totaling an increase of 48.4 percent for HBCUs and 109.3 percent for TCCUs.

Charter schools are also seeing a boost in their funding of $500 million from the Department of Education, along with American history and civics grants getting an extra $160 million investment.

The federal agency said the money is repurposed from other programs “that the Department determined are not in the best interest of students and families.”

“Today, the Department

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