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Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
Scripps News ^ | 7:39 AM, Jul 26, 2025 | AP via Scripps News Group

Posted on 07/27/2025 12:22:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Office of Management and Budget had completed its review of the programs and will begin sending the money to states next week,

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in withheld grants for schools, the Education Department said Friday, ending weeks of uncertainty for educators around the country who rely on the money for English language instruction, adult literacy, and other programs.

President Donald Trump's administration had suspended more than $6 billion in funding on July 1, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.

The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as educators, Congress members from both parties and others called for the administration to release the money. Congress had appropriated the money in a bill signed this year by Trump.

Last week, the Education Department said it would release $1.3 billion of the money for after-school and summer programming. Without the money, school districts and nonprofits such as the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club of America had said they would have to close or scale back educational offerings this fall.

The Office of Management and Budget had completed its review of the programs and will begin sending the money to states next week, the Education Department said.

Republican senators pressed the Trump administration to release the money

A group of 10 Republican senators on July 16 sent a letter imploring the administration to allow the frozen education money to be sent to states, saying the withheld money supported programs and services that are critical to local communities.

“The programs are ones that enjoy longstanding, bipartisan support,” U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday. She pointed to after-school and summer programs that allow parents to work while their children learn and classes that help adults gain new skills — contributing to local economies.

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1 posted on 07/27/2025 12:22:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools”

Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for liberal administration controlled schools


2 posted on 07/27/2025 12:33:01 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as educators, Congress members from BOTH PARTIES and others called for the administration to release the money.”

Hence your answer - Big School OWNS both parties, or at least enough of the Republican Party to make them untouchable.


3 posted on 07/27/2025 1:03:00 PM PDT by BobL
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Schools are starting soon.

It had to be done.

But extreme oversight will be needed!


4 posted on 07/27/2025 1:12:11 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Like santa, trumps people are checking twice to be sure no lgbt pushes get $$$


5 posted on 07/27/2025 1:39:22 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: BobL

“Hence your answer - Big School OWNS both parties, or at least enough of the Republican Party to make them untouchable.”

Right on the mark - both parties have their snouts fully submerged in the money trough & the only way they stay in their privileged position is to keep the $$$ flowing.


6 posted on 07/27/2025 1:41:14 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Education Department shouldn’t exist.


7 posted on 07/27/2025 2:00:01 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

And if Congress agrees, it won’t.

In the meantime we can trim and cut but it can’t be eliminated without congressional action.

To withhold these funds would be harmful, as Trump has always been clear about - the goal is to return education to the states and local school boards. The money has to go to them as well and that won’t happen overnight - or even in one term.

Holding approved funds would be political suicide and guarantee Democrat control of the House and Senate in 2026.-


8 posted on 07/27/2025 2:10:50 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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I can only imagine that the professors are sulking and licking their wounds; vowing to fight another day.

If they get too cute the president may have to touch them up again. Next time send eight B2s; seven to Fordow and one to Harvard.

9 posted on 07/27/2025 3:27:44 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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