Democrat AGs sue Trump for $6.8b freeze on K-12 spending

More than 20 Democratic Attorney General announced on Monday that they are suit Tusrap On its sudden decision to withdraw about $ 6.8 billion in spending for K-12 programs, the administration described the freeze as unconstitutional and “weak” for states just a few weeks before a new school year.

The case announced by California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta comes only a few weeks after the announcement by the Education Department on 30 June that this Fedorly approved grant will stop the distribution of funds, which was approved by the Congress and distributed only one day later on 1 July.

The department said in a statement, “The department is committed to ensuring taxpayer resources, spending according to the priorities of the President and the statutory responsibilities of the department.”

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The department did not immediately cause a break.

Speaking to reporters on a call on Monday, California, Road Island, Democratic Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Colorado highlighted innumerable methods, in which education freeze has injected anarchy and uncertainty in public schools – when they should take care of the significant budget decisions of ice for public schools when they should be prepared.

Bonta argued that the freeze was already a “disastrous blow” for state learning programs, including some migrant education centers and tuition and adult literacy programs.

“It is unconscious, illegal, and may not be uncontrolled, and it will not,” he said.

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He said that some state -wide education programs have already been forced to close their doors completely due to loss of money, and the education authorities have cited uncertainty in front of public schools in the long term.

Public schools said to accommodate their budget, “The upcoming school is hanging in the yearly, strategic budget, staffing plans and contract balance.

The group argued that it is the latest in a link of unconstitutional efforts by the Trump administration, which is out of the reach of administration, and in their views, to take back the federal funds approved by the Congress.

Federal funding includes some $ 2 billion in the grant for continuous development of teachers and funding education programs; Millions of dollars in tuition programs; $ 1 billion for educational enrichment grant for stem and quick teaching programs; And hundreds of million dollars to fund adult literacy programs across the country.

Other programs, such as the 21st -century Community Learning Center, about 10,000 school programs for nationwide students and funnel money for states for summer school programs.

State leaders argued on Monday that the freeze or the freeze by the Education Department is illegal, which causes near and long -term damage to students and teachers.

Bonta said, “President Trump and Secretary of the Department of Education Linda McMahon has given a weak blow to our schools, which has thrown him into anarchy only a few weeks before the first day of school.”

More broadly, the Attorney General also argues that Trump’s expenses violate the freeze constitution and impulse control act, as it freeze K -12 funding without reason, and without pre -information or earlier steps under ICA.

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This suit comes as the states headed by Democratic have filed a hurry to others in the first six months of their second term to blunt Trump’s executive orders and tasks.

To date, the Democratic Attorney General has filed 31 cases against the Trump administration in 25 weeks, as he took over, as Bonta said on Monday. Eight cases have been focused on cuts in education programs.

On Monday, Road Island Attorney General Peter Neronha compared a sudden freeze on public education funding for a popular children’s cartoons.

Neronha said, “It is impossible for the states to effectively make budget for an upcoming school year through the departments of education and for our local communities to an upcoming school year through the departments of education, when the President takes football away from us like Lucy in Charlie Brown Cartoon,” Neronha said.

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“So when this happens, as it has happened before, we are going to take action, and clearly, we are going to win.”