I didn’t vote for Trump but I’m cautiously optimistic
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The Trump administration plans to release more than $5 billion in funding to public schools that it has withheld for nearly a month, a senior administration official said Friday, ending weeks of anxiety and uncertainty for school leaders who had said the freeze jeopardized programs and staffing for the upcoming academic year.
The government placed nearly $7 billion in funding under review on June 30, then released a $1.3 billion slice of it last week. The administration’s review of the remaining funding has ended, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska), celebrated the move on social media, noting he pushed for the money to be released. “Exciting news to announce! All frozen education funding for the upcoming school year have been released,” he wrote on X.
States expected the funding to be released on July 1, as normally happens each year. Instead, the Education Department notified states June 30 that the money was under review for compliance with President Donald Trump’s priorities. The Office of Management and Budget said it was investigating whether any of the grant money had in the past been used for a “radical leftwing agenda.”
The administration official said Friday that “guardrails” would be in place “to ensure these funds will not be used in violation of executive orders or administration policy.”
makes me cautiously optimistic
The government placed nearly $7 billion in funding under review on June 30, then released a $1.3 billion slice of it last week. The administration’s review of the remaining funding has ended, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska), celebrated the move on social media, noting he pushed for the money to be released. “Exciting news to announce! All frozen education funding for the upcoming school year have been released,” he wrote on X.
States expected the funding to be released on July 1, as normally happens each year. Instead, the Education Department notified states June 30 that the money was under review for compliance with President Donald Trump’s priorities. The Office of Management and Budget said it was investigating whether any of the grant money had in the past been used for a “radical leftwing agenda.”
The administration official said Friday that “guardrails” would be in place “to ensure these funds will not be used in violation of executive orders or administration policy.”
makes me cautiously optimistic
