The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court for clearance to withhold potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training grants, once again seeking emergency help from the high court for the president’s efforts to decimate established federal spending programs.
The latest filing seeks to lift a lower court order that temporarily requires continued payments to projects in the eight states that sued after the Education Department said it was canceling 104 of 109 grants under two training programs.
“The order to open the funding spigots irreparably harms” the government because it likely won’t get the money back, acting US Solicitor General
The Supreme Court asked the states to file a response by Friday.
The request marks the fifth time since the Jan. 20 inauguration that President
In the teacher case, US District Judge
In near identical letters sent early last month, the Education Department said each grant was “inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, Department priorities.” The letters didn’t specify why that was the case, though the department mentioned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as one possible reason.
The grant programs were designed to help with the recruitment and training of teachers and principals in underserved areas, including high-poverty communities. Recipients in the suing states have grant awards exceeding $250 million, according to the lawsuit.
The case is Department of Education v. California, 24A910.
(Updates with Solicitor General statement from filing in third paragraph.)
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