The Trump administration publishes $ 6.8 billion in frozen education funds

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The Trump administration publishes around $ 6.8 billion in previously frozen federal funds for kindergarten programs in the 12th year, the Ministry of Education announced on Friday. The announcement was made while secretary Linda McMahon attended the summer meeting of the National Association of Governors (NGA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “has completed its review of Title IC, Title II-A, Title III-A and Title IV-A ESEA Funds and Title II WiOA FANNS and ordered the Ministry to publish all Formula Funds.
More than 20 Democratic prosecutors continued the Trump administration at the beginning of the month, describing the federal freezing of the funding of the Ministry of Education as unconstitutional and “debilitating” in the States a few weeks before a new school year.
The Bipartite Governors group, including the outgoing president of the NGA, Governor Jared Polis of Colorado, and his vice-president, the governor. Kevin Stitt Oklahoma, thanked McMahon for unlocked the funding during the NGA education session on Friday.
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The Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies during a budget audience of the credit subcommittee of the Credit Committee on the Capitol Hill Ministry of Education on May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
“How can we communicate better to ensure that this chaos and this chaos do not happen again around funding and that people know things earlier?” Polis asked McMahon on the stage of Colorado Springs.
“No guarantee on my part, we will eliminate all the communication gaps that occur, but I can say that part of this is only the aspect of the transition,” said McMahon.
The Secretary of Education said that the other aspect of the frost of federal funding was that the CMB budget office “had taken some time to really review the financing of the title to examine all the programs, etc., before being released. They were very satisfied. So, now these funds will be released.”
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The governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, outgoing president of the National Governors Association, discusses the Secretary of American Education with the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon during the summer meeting of the NGA in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Friday, July 25, 2025. (Deirdre Heavey / Fox News Digital)
McMahon assured governors that now that they have examined the financing of the titles and followed the process, “we would not find ourselves in the same situation”.
Several of the governors who attended the discussion on the education of Polis and McMahon and had the opportunity to ask questions thanked the Head of Education for having rendered the Federal Funds of the title in the United States.
Polis launched the NGA summer session in Colorado Springs on Friday with its Signature Political Agenda“Prepare yourself! To educate all Americans to succeed.”
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon pronounces remarks at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Friday July 25. (Deirdre Heavey / Fox News Digital)
McMahon said that she recognized the questions and comments of governors, and she undertook to visit as many states and to speak with as many governors as possible to grasp the entire scope of the country’s various educational needs.
Polis and Stitt declared in a joint declaration published by NGA that they “grateful these bipartite discussions with secretary McMahon and other key officials at the NGA summer meeting led to the distribution of these education funds”.
“This action guarantees that schools across the country can maintain essential programs for learners in English, teacher training and the enrichment of students at the start of the new school year,” said NGA leaders, stressing that “the governors of both parties are united to prioritize the education of our children, and we are proud that our plea has helped to guarantee this vital support.”
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital before his remarks, McMahon said his commitment to collaborate with governors while the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the Ministry of Education.
“It is simply incredibly important that if we will return education in the United States, we must speak to governors,” said McMahon.
“Obviously, education is a non -partisan problem,” added McMahon. “If we want to return education in the United States, it simply means restoring them the part which is now provided by the federal government, and they are worried about it.”
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Trump signed a decree Earlier this year To dismantle the Ministry of Education, making one of its key campaign promises during the 2024 presidential election.
Breanne Deppisch of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.