{"id":4757,"date":"2025-06-04T07:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:05:15","slug":"judge-blocks-trump-era-effort-to-revoke-covid-relief-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/judge-blocks-trump-era-effort-to-revoke-covid-relief-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Blocks Trump-Era Effort to Revoke COVID Relief for Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Key Points:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A federal judge has extended a court order preventing the Trump administration from reclaiming over $1.1 billion in unspent COVID-related school aid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Education must continue funding processes and halt enforcement of a recent claim deadline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lawsuit, spearheaded by Democratic-led states, argues the aid remains crucial for post-pandemic school recovery efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A federal court in Manhattan has prolonged an injunction halting the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to rescind unused pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/the-financial-aid-for-ged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial aid<\/a> for public schools, as a multi-state lawsuit challenging the move proceeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision, issued by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos on Tuesday, extends his earlier ruling from May 6, preventing the U.S. Department of Education from withdrawing more than $1.1 billion in unspent funds allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The judge\u2019s latest order compels the department to continue processing all current and future state funding requests \u201cwithout delay\u201d and mandates a status update within 30 days. Additionally, it blocks enforcement of a May 11 directive that had given states a May 24 deadline to claim remaining funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>State-Led Lawsuit Defends Pandemic Education Funds<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Attorney General Letitia James, alongside attorneys general from 15 other states and <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/ged-prep-classes-in-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Governor Josh Shapiro\u2014all Democrats\u2014filed the lawsuit to stop the aid withdrawal. They argue that the decision would jeopardize vital programs still supporting schools recovering from the COVID-19 crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funds in question are part of a broader $190 billion relief initiative passed by Congress to assist <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/how-to-prepare-for-the-ged-k-12-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K\u201312 schools<\/a> in coping with the pandemic\u2019s impact. These funds have supported tutoring programs, services for homeless students, and the modernization of school facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the Biden administration had extended access to the funds through March 2026, Education Secretary Linda McMahon\u2014appointed during the Trump administration\u2014asserted in a March 28 letter that states had enough time to spend the money and that reallocating the unused funds would be more effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Education Department also warned that distributing the funds during litigation could result in irreparable harm, as they would not be able to recover the money if the court eventually rules in their favor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Unspent Millions at Stake as Legal Battle Continues<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the lawsuit was filed, <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/ged-prep-classes-in-maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a> had the largest unspent balance at approximately $245.9 million, followed by New York with around $134.2 million. The lawsuit (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York et al v. U.S. Department of Education et al<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, No. 25-02990) is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of now, the White House has not publicly responded to the court\u2019s ruling. The case continues to draw national attention amid ongoing debates about pandemic-era spending and the federal government\u2019s role in public education recovery efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points: A federal judge has extended a court order preventing the Trump administration from reclaiming over $1.1 billion in unspent COVID-related school aid. The Department of Education must continue funding processes and halt enforcement of a recent claim deadline. The lawsuit, spearheaded by Democratic-led states, argues the aid remains crucial for post-pandemic school recovery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Judge Blocks Trump-Era Effort to Revoke COVID Relief for Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A federal judge has extended a court order preventing the Trump administration from reclaiming over $1.1 billion in COVID-related school aid.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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