Trump administration to restore $6.8bn in education funds after multi-state suit

After lawsuit brought by AGs of 23 states, California AG Rob Bonta says agreement secured for funding to be restoredAfter a multi-state lawsuit over Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to freeze more than $6.8bn in education funding to US schools, the Trump administration has agreed to restore the funds for a range of educational services, including after school and summer learning, teacher training, and support for English-learners.The administration did not give a clear explanation as to why it had withheld the congressionally-allocated funds, though a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget had indicated that review found instances of federal education money being “grossly misused to subsidize a radical left-wing agenda”. Continue reading...

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