Trump, funding freeze and School district
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The US Department of Education notified state officials June 30 that federal money they expected July 1 was frozen.
New York State United Teachers this week signed onto a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Office of Management and Budget to release $6 billion in education funding previously allocated by Congress for the upcoming school year.
More than a thousand people attended a meeting hosted by Pinellas County Schools, because most, if not all, of the attendees are worried about the future of education due to a federal funding freeze.
Hundreds of educators and staffers at after-school programs, adult education centers and other federally funded Michigan programs could be laid off.
Broward County Council of PTA/PTSA say they are backing a federal lawsuit demanding the immediate release of about $6 billion in funding frozen by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Trump administration put $74 million in already allocated education funding on hold. After pushback, it released $13 million for after-school and summer school programs, but $61 million is still missing.
The U.S. Department will release billions in delayed grants for adult education, English language learning, and after-school programs following a Trump-era funding freeze. WV school districts and national nonprofits like the YMCA warned of major program cuts without the money.
The Texas American Federation of Teachers, along with 13 other school districts, teachers' unions, and non-profit organizations, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration for blocking billions of dollars in federal education funding.