The Trump administration says it will return the remaining more than $5 billion in funding that it previously withheld from public schools for nearly a month, alleviating school administrators' anxiety about federal funding hurdles for the 2025-2026 school year.

Lawmakers of both parties had lobbied to release the funding, which supports English-language-learning programs, teacher training and academic enrichment.

After weeks of pressure and a multistate lawsuit, the Trump administration is backing down—agreeing to release over $5 billion in public school funding it had been illegally withholding since June. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser,

The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday

The roughly $6 billion in education programming that was frozen by the Trump administration earlier this month is being released, according to a Department of Education spokesperson on Friday. This includes all title program funding for English language acquisition,

T he Trump administration will release $5.5 billion in federal education funding that was previously withheld from public schools in 33 states, including an estimated $939 million that California schools were relying on for their 2025-26 academic year.

The Trump administration will release billions of dollars in federal education grants that it withheld from schools this month, officials said Friday.