Trump administration releases over $6B in frozen education funds to the states

The Trump administration is releasing roughly billion in previously frozen federal funds for K- programs the Department of Instruction broadcasted Friday The announcement was made as Secretary Linda McMahon attended the National Governors Association NGA Summer Meeting in Colorado Springs Colorado The Office of Management and Budget OMB has completed its review of Title I-C Title II-A Title III-A and Title IV-A ESEA funds and Title II WIOA funds and has directed the Department to release all formula funds The agency will begin dispersing funds to states next week department spokesperson Madi Biedermann narrated Fox News Digital More than Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration earlier this month describing the Department of Education's federal funding freeze as unconstitutional and debilitating to states just weeks ahead of a new school year The bipartisan group of governors including the NGA's outgoing chair Gov Jared Polis of Colorado and its vice chair Gov Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma thanked McMahon for unlocking the funding during the NGA's development session Friday DEMOCRAT AGS SUE TRUMP FOR 'UNCONSCIONABLE' FREEZE ON B IN K- SPENDING How can we better communicate to make sure that this chaos and uncertainty doesn't occur again around funding and that people know things earlier Polis appealed McMahon on the Colorado Springs stage No guarantees from me that we will eliminate all the communications gaps that do happen but I can say that part of it is just the transition aspect McMahon explained The training secretary revealed the other aspect of the federal funding freeze was that the OMB budget office took specific time to really review the title funding to look at all the programs etc before they were published They were well satisfied So now those funds are going to be going out TRUMP ADMIN SEEKING TO PULL FUNDING FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SLAPPED WITH JUDGE'S PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONMcMahon assured the governors that now that they have reviewed title funding and gone through the process we wouldn't find ourselves in the same situation Several of the governors who attended Polis and McMahon's teaching discussion and had the opportunity to ask questions thanked the tuition leader for returning the federal title funds to the states Polis kicked off the NGA's summer session in Colorado Springs Friday with his signature strategy agenda Let s Get Ready Educating All Americans for Success LEARNING SECRETARY LINDA MCMAHON TOUTS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S M SETTLEMENT 'TEMPLATE'McMahon revealed she was appreciative of the governors' questions and comments and she committed to visiting as a large number of states and speaking with as several governors as feasible to grasp the full scope of the country's diverse educational requirements In an specific interview with Fox News Digital ahead of her remarks McMahon affirmed her commitment to collaborating with governors as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Department of Instruction It's just incredibly significant that if we are going to return guidance to the states we have to talk to the governors McMahon commented Clearly teaching is a nonpartisan issue McMahon added If we're going to return mentoring to the states that just means giving them back the part that is now provided by the federal leadership and they're anxious for it Trump signed an executive order earlier this year to dismantle the Department of Tuition fulfilling one of his key campaign promises during the presidential electoral process Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this statement