Trump administration unfreezes more than $1 billion in education funds

Amid mounting pressure, the Trump administration is releasing more than $1 billion in paused funding for after-school and summer learning programs.

USA Today reports that a spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget has confirmed that the administration's review of the program is over and states will receive the funding.

The money is earmarked to support 21st Century Community Learning Centers, which provide tutoring and child care to students in high-poverty and low-performing schools.

The money is a fraction of the more than $6 billion in education funding the Trump administration put on hold on June 30, creating financial uncertainty for many districts. Though schools receive a relatively small amount of money from the federal government each year, the delay in dispersing funds hindered school districts' budgeting ahead of the fall. It also jeopardized programs families rely on.