Attorneys general, including Washington’s Nick Brown, have reached an agreement requiring the Trump administration to release the full balance of education funding for Washington schools at the heart of a multistate lawsuit filed last month. Under the terms of the agreement and as required by law, the U.S. Department of Education must release the funds by no later than October 3.

Last month, Brown joined a coalition with 23 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over its illegal freeze on six longstanding programs for students and educators administered by the U.S. Department of Education just weeks before the school year was set to start. In Washington, nearly $137 million in federal K-12 funding was frozen, jeopardizing key programs for after-school and summer learning, teacher preparation, and to support students learning English. Days later, after the multistate coalition filed suit, the Trump administration released the first tranche of funding that had previously been withheld. The resolution also restores more than $13 million in funds for Washington’s adult education system and workforce development efforts.

“Making sure our kids have what they need to learn should be something we can all agree on. I’m pleased that we resolved this case quickly and restored the vital education funding the Trump administration unlawfully tried to cancel.” – AG Brown