WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

Initial Guidance Issued on Student Aid Changes Two Weeks After Bill Signed into Law The U.S. Department of Education Friday released a "Dear Colleague Letter" (DCL) outlining the immediate implementation of several higher education provisions from the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB).

"It's going to reduce the number of teachers, it's going to reduce the ability for us to make evidence-based changes.”

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go are still in limbo.

As another school year approaches, there will be some changes as it relates to the federal government's involvement in your child's education.

It will not only impact the oversight at the Department of Education; it will likely undermine the entire inspector general community.

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.

Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers.