AG Ellison announced that he secured an agreement requiring the Trump Administration to release the full balance of remaining education funding at issue in a multistate lawsuit by no later than October 3, 2025. Last month, Attorney General Ellison joined a coalition in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) just weeks before the school year was set to start. In Minnesota, $74 million in federal education funding was frozen, jeopardizing key programs for after school and summer learning, teacher preparation, and to support students learning English. Days later, the Trump Administration released the first tranche of funding that had previously been withheld. The multistate coalition and the Trump Administration today jointly filed to dismiss the case under the terms of an agreement that ensures the remaining funding is released on time, providing Minnesota and the multistate coalition with the full relief they had sought in the lawsuit.

"I’m pleased that my team and I were able to stop the Trump Administration from breaking the law and withholding $74 million from Minnesota classrooms just weeks before the start of the new school year. Since Donald Trump was sworn in again in January of 2025, my office has stopped his administration from withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and grants for our state. When Minnesotans pay taxes to the federal government, we expect at that money to come back to Minnesota to support our schools, improve our infrastructure, fund first responders and law enforcement, and improve people’s lives. If Donald Trump and his administration continue to break the law and try to seize those funds, I will continue to meet them in court.” – AG Ellison