Twenty -four states and Washington DC sued President Trump’s administration on Monday for freezing $ 6.8 billion to finance education approved by Congress.
Money is supported by extracurricular programs, summer camps, training of teachers, English class for immigrants and helping migrants for children. The states expected funds within 1 July, but the Ministry of Education was stiff on June 30, quoted “ongoing program review” and demanded some grants financed by the “radical agenda”, such as LGBTQ+ inclusion.
The lawsuit filed on the island of Rhode Island claims that this violates the laws of the Constitution and spending.
1.4 million children face the closure of the program
Frozen threatens 1.4 million children attending free extracurricular and summer programs in places such as Boys & Girls Clubs and YMCAS clubs.
In Rhode Island, eight -year -old Aiden Cazares loves the Summer Tabor of his Club Boys & Girls Club, where he learns mathematics and science while eating.
His single mother Darleen Reyes cannot afford $ 220/week for childcare and can pull out her fourteen -year -old from sport to babysitting.
Without financing, 926 boys and girls clubs could be closed in 3-5 weeks together with 41 rural places for children. Sister Fernande Berard is afraid of losing care for her three boys: “I honestly don’t know what I would do.”
Surprisingly, 91 of the 100 best affected school districts in Republican areas, including Florida, Georgia and West Virginia.
The head of Republican schools Georgia Richard Woods urged Trump: “The issue of funds already approved … We are preparing for the start of the school year”. Even conservative groups such as Thomas B. Fordham Institute expect most grants to undergo revisions. The club of impartial boys and girls who was awarded in the resolution of a bilateral house serves military families and emphasizes foundations such as mathematics and respect, not politics.
States call freezing “illegal and unauthorized”, causing chaos when schools prepare for August openings.
New York itself risk loss of extracurricular care of 65,000 students and literacy programs for 80,000 adults. California’s General Prosecutor Rob Bonta accused Trump of “Risking the Academic Success of the Generation”.
The court of court requires immediate funding under the Act on Care Control, which prohibits the presidents to block congress -approved money. While democratic states sued, Republican districts could benefit if they win.
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