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

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1. Wow, finally some good news!

   “”The Trump administration upended school programs across the country when it recklessly withheld vital education funding just weeks before the school year was set to begin,” Bonta said. “Fortunately, after we filed our lawsuit, the Trump administration backed down and released the funding it had previously withheld … Our kids deserve so much better than what this anti-education administration has to offer, and we will continue to fight to protect them from this president’s relentless attacks.”

   In their lawsuit, states accused the administration of holding back money illegally, as the US constitution gives congress the rights to appropriate funding, and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 bars the president from unilaterally withholding funds designated by congress.”

2. So thousands of school district budgets and jobs all screwed up – for nothing? Restored money doesn’t magically fix everything they had to change up in expectations of lost funding. They may not have caused as much damage as they wanted, but they have caused a lot of damage, regardless.

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