Administration of Trump Terminates Multiple Grants, Affecting Civic Programs, Art Initiatives, and Higher Education Institutions
The U.S. Department of Education has made a series of controversial decisions to cancel funding for numerous education programmes, affecting hundreds of initiatives across various sectors.
In a move that has raised concerns among educators and advocacy groups, at least two efforts to supply free books to schoolchildren from low-income families have been canceled. The Education Department has announced plans to reallocate some of the canceled funds to historically black colleges and universities, as well as charter schools.
The department's decisions have far-reaching implications, with hundreds of in-progress grants and contracts for teacher-training, education research, and mental health services having been terminated. Out of close to 500 recipients across numerous IDEA Part D grant programs, the Education Department issued non-continuation notices for 25.
Three programs for racially desegregating public schools have been canceled, and three organizations that support parents of children with disabilities have been affected. Out of roughly 26 recipients of American History and Civics grants expecting another round of funding, 19 have received non-continuation notices.
The Non-continuation notifications to recipients of the Magnet Schools Assistance Program were first published in 2021; however, the exact date of their first release in 2021 is not provided in the available search results.
The association that oversees those programmes has sued in federal court to get the money restored. Meanwhile, states and schools have been temporarily blocked from spending billions of remaining federal dollars for pandemic relief.
The Education Department has also canceled grants affecting K-12 schools that funded 17 initiatives to train special education teachers. The department has announced that $15 million it's pulling back in annual awards for canceled special education grants will go toward different special education projects instead.
Nearly $7 billion Congress had already approved for before-and-after school programs, English-learner services, educator professional development, and adult education has been withheld for weeks. More than two dozen TRIO grant recipients have received cancellation notices, and dozens more have seen the start of their fiscal year delayed by one month without additional funding to cover the extended grant period.
Four statewide centers that help schools provide services for students who are both deaf and blind have lost funding. At least nine arts education initiatives have lost funding, and a technical assistance center that helps schools prepare for violent threats has lost funding as well.
Recipients of federal education grants that the Trump administration canceled this year have not reported getting their money restored after filing an appeal, though some have secured court orders to release the funds. Close to 20 projects centered around American history have been affected, and at least six projects promoting civics, arts, literacy education, and college preparation for K-12 students have been canceled.
The U.S. Department of Education's decisions have sparked widespread criticism and concern, with many questioning the impact these cancellations will have on the education system and the students they aim to serve.
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