The Department of Education announced Friday it would release billions of dollars in education grant funding to states. This includes hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for adult education programs nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Education will release more than $660 million in federal education funds to Texas after withholding the money for nearly a month, according to the Texas Education Agency.

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let districts address their campuses’ needs as they saw fit.

The Trump administration’s freeze on education funding has left school districts scrambling. These are some Fort Worth programs that have been put on hold.

The Texas American Federation of Teachers, along with 13 other school districts, teachers' unions, and non-profit organizations, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration for blocking billions of dollars in federal education funding.

Texas AFT, which represents teachers and school staff, has joined a lawsuit over the pause on the release of some federal funds.

Congress allocates federal grants to the states, which distribute that money to eligible school districts. The funding freeze includes $667 million that was allocated for Texas. All but $9 million of that is intended to go to school districts.

FORT WORTH, Texas — As millions of North Texas students prepare to return to school in the coming weeks, some families face the loss of critical programs and services due to a federal funding freeze. For the Fort Worth Independent School District, it’s a cost of nearly $10 million in education support.

The Trump administration has not released more than $6 billion in grants for schools nationwide. For Austin ISD, that amounts to a loss of about $9.6 million in funding that helps pay for more than 100 positions.

Education leaders from all over the state gathered in South Padre Island to discuss how schools will operate following new laws passed by the Texas legislature. Region One hosted the two day conference to come up with solutions in response to several education-related laws,