KENTUCKY AND 23 OTHER STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ARE CHALLENGING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER ITS UNLAWFUL DECISION TO FREEZE
6.8 BILLION DOLLARS IN EDUCATION FUNDING APPROPRITED BY CONGRESS THROUGH THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION......
FOR KENTUCKY......ABOUT SEVEN-MILLION DOLLARS WAS APPROPRIATED TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DISTRIBUTE TO LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.....WHILE NINE-MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED TO THE EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET FOR GRANT FUNDING AROUND ADULT LITERACY.....
STATE AGENCIES RECEIVED WORD ON JUNE 30TH.....THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE "OBLIGATING FUNDS" FOR SIX FORMULA FUNDING PROGRAMS ON JULY
FIRST.....LEAVING STATES SCRAMBLING DUE TO A LACK OF SUFFICIENT FUNDING JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR......
