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The funds have already been allocated by Congress and budgeted by school districts for the upcoming school year.
If California’s legal challenge can’t stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said over 100 employees could be affected.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined forces with 23 other states, filing a lawsuit to force the White House to release the frozen education funding.
The Trump administration violated the U.S. Constitution when it withheld billions from schools in early July, the lawsuit alleges.
Nearly two dozen state AGs and blue state governors sue Trump administration for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs.
The U.S. Department of Education froze the funding without warning June 30, a day before it's typically sent to Pennsylvania and other states.