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In Arizona, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne applauded the decision, calling the after-school program money “welcome news” and saying he anticipates the remaining withheld funds to be released soon.
The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to states.
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go are still in limbo.
Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers.
If California's legal challenge can't stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said over 100 employees could be affected.
The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to largely dismantle the Department of Education is just one development this summer in what has been a broad federal retreat from education.