By Steven Allen Adams for The Intelligencer
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s U.S. senators praised the release Friday of additional federal education dollars that had been put on hold for nearly a month by the administration of President Donald Trump.
In press releases Friday afternoon, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice thanked the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Education for releasing the funding that was in the fiscal year 2025 continuing resolution passed back in March.
More than $6 billion in federal education funding was being withheld beginning July 1 while the programs were reviewed to ensure they did not contradict Trump’s spending priorities since taking office in January. According to the Associated Press, the Office of Management and Budget completed that review.
