Billions In Education Funding Remains Frozen, Despite Efforts Of GOP Senators

From Forbes.com

On July 1, instead of funding, U.S. schools received an unsigned email from the Department of Education stating that the government would not be distributing funds for five grant programs. On July 16, 10 Republican Senators asked the Office of Management and Budget to reconsider, but as of this week, only $1.4 billion of the $6.8 billion total has been released.

The email from the department indicated that the five programs were paused for review. Funding for the programs was approved and allocated by Congress in March, but the OMB has frozen the funds.

The letter, addressed to OMB director Russell Vought, called for the administration to end the withholding of funds, arguing in terms of the Trump administration’s stated priorities.

The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states. This funding goes directly to states and local school districts, where local leaders decide how this funding is spent, because as we know, local communities know how to best serve students and families.

However, an OMB spokesperson told Newsweek:

Initial findings show that many of these grant programs have been grossly abused to promote a radical leftwing DEI agenda, subsidize the Open Border Crisis, and in many cases, directly violate Presidential Executive Orders.

Again, the 10 senators struck a conciliatory tone:

We share your concern about taxpayer money going to fund radical left-wing programs. However, we do not believe that is happening with these funds.

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