Unreleased K-12 Federal Funding: How a Nationwide Crisis Was Triggered and Fought
In the summer of 2025, the U.S. education system was plunged into chaos. The Department of Education suddenly withheld $6.2 billion in unreleased K-12 federal funding that Congress had already approved. This freeze targeted critical programs for our nation’s most vulnerable students, triggering a crisis that forced schools to make impossible choices. A Sudden Freeze … Read more