OMB: States Used Education Grants for Left-Wing Agenda | RealClearPolitics
The Trump administration is refusing to say if and when it will release $6.8 billion in federal education grants to states pending a review, arguing that several states and school districts have misused the funds to perpetuate a radical left-wing agenda.
Key Democrats this week decried the administration s decision to withhold the funds, which are usually granted to states by July 1, and intended for English-language instruction, after-school and summer programs, adult literacy, and other programs. The funding freeze, which the administration abruptly announced this week, is disrupting summer camps as the providers struggle to determine if they can still offer their day camps and after-school programming. It s also upending school districts ability to plan for the next school year.
A Department of Education spokeswoman referred questions about the frozen funds to the Office of Management and Budget. An OMB spokesman said no decisions have been made on whether to release, cut, or rescind the funds, calling it a an ongoing programmatic review to ensure that the grants reflect President Trump s priorities.
Initial findings show that many of these grants programs have been grossly misused to subsidize a radical left-wing agenda, the spokesman said in statement to RealClearPolitics.
Shocking! In the bad old days a few weeks ago, you’d just get a federal district judge to command the OMB and DOE to pay out the money to every left-wing group nation-wide that claimed the money. Not sure that would work now.