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California schools are a short hundred millions of dollars in federal grants that have already been budget for this year. While Congress approved the funds as part of its budget for 2025, today the Trump administration has refused to release them by sending areas across the country.
The money for grants pays for the professional development of teachers, after school and other enrichment programs, services for students who study English and migrants. In all five programs, the money has occurred California schools Nearly $ 811 millionAccording to an analysis by the Institute of Learning Policy. Throughout the country, grants amount to $ 6.2 billion for K-12 schools.
After the Congress approved the total funding amounts, the US Department of Education historically discussed the state level distribution between March and May, launching the money on July 1. On Monday, countries received an email saying that the department was still reviewing the financing of 2025 for the five programs affected. In many parts of California, this money was built into the school budgets this spring and administrators were expecting to start spending them this month and the next.
Without the money, some school districts will have to cancel the events of professional development of teachers this summer and summer learning activities immediately after this week.
“The harm of this decision is immediate. The costs are real and the impact is long -lasting,” says Tatya Davenport, director of the California Association of School Business Employees. “By withdrawing these funds, our district leaders will be forced to reduce staff, slow down programs and cancel services. This means violating training for students who need the most of us.”
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The state is considering several options, including a claim against the Trump administration, said the State Chief of Public Instructions Tony Turmond. The state has filed a lawsuit against Trump for school financing several times after Trump has threatened to refuse funding for diversity and other initiatives.
In the meantime, Turmond encouraged school districts to find resources to maintain summer programs, hoping for a resolution soon. Schools are beginning to open again in late July, with the majority opening in August.
Student Services at risk
Among the programs that have not received funding are the 21st century community grants, which provide about $ 146.6 million in schools and public organizations in California for after school. The state provides most of the funding after school, but the 21st century grants are the main source of money for secondary and secondary schools. The money pays for lessons, snacks, excursions, enrichment activities and other investments designed to help students continue to follow academically as they acquire social skills and have fun.
Jody Grant, Executive Director of Alliance after school, called after school and summer education in American Success History, providing a rescue line for working parents. She said that every hour of delay in federal funds can lead to closure and cancellation, which will be released at the beginning of the school year 2025-26.
"This will mean that more children and young people are unsupported, and at risk, more academic failures, more hungry children, more food absences, higher dropping rates, more parents forced to get out of their work and less ready and successful workforce, as our care crisis for our children is dramatically," she said.
In the Oxnard school district, in Ventura County, the chief of Anaboline Degena said that the programs that these federal money maintains "are not a luxury in our schools; they are life lines," support for student services, teacher training and critical programs to engage in family care. All this as the area continues to recover from the challenges caused by the pandemic of Kovid.
The US Department of Education has released some cash congresses approved for K-12 schools this year as part of the Law on Elementary and Secondary Education and its various programs. All withheld funding was intended for programs that the administration has proposed protection In 2026
Amaya Garcia, director of the Prek-12 Research and Practice in the left-range DC Think Thank New America, said this was not a coincidence.
"Through (retaining) these funds, the Trump administration finds a way to accept its budget priorities without congressional approval," Garcia said.
On Monday's email in Monday countries, he stated that "he remains committed to ensuring that taxpayers' resources are spent in accordance with the president's priorities and the legal responsibilities of the department."
The leaders and advocates of education have crossed the delay of financing and the adminis' claims that there is something to review.
"There is nothing to revise from the department, as Congress has already approved this funding in March," says Amalia Shamoro, Director of Unidosus Education Policy, the largest Latin American civil rights organization in the country. "This action is illegal and is an over -protective power," she continued. "We urge the administration to stop playing policy and immediately release these funds without further delay. Our students deserve better."
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