Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports to Union cheers, all Democratic Attorneys General from 22 states and Washington, D.C. - plus the Democratic Governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, have sued President Donald Trump and two of his top officials to get $6.89 billion in Federal Education Grant money that was due nationwide on July 1st. One of the two officials later relented on $1.3 billion in grants for After-School Programs. The School Administrators (AFSA) and the National Education Association (NEA), lauded the suit, filed late on July 15th in Federal Court in Rhode Island. It’s one of the latest in a carload of lawsuits against the GOP regime. The Unions bluntly said yanking the money will hurt the kids. And the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) made the same point in their own later lawsuit, filed with school districts on their side, in another Federal Court. The first school district on that suit’s list is in Anchorage, Alaska. The National Education Association (NEA), the Nation’s largest Union, warned the cutoffs will “cause chaos in the schools,” including potential cuts in Teachers’ pay, and definitely cuts that would hurt students. “These billions of dollars would be used for curriculum, technology and other critical services,” the NEA added. “Loss of these funds affects thousands of school districts and every state in the Nation.” If the school districts don’t get the money soon, they’ll have to cut teachers’ pay, “reading and math supports, Summer and after-school programs, and support for migrant students and English learners. Educators will face layoffs leading to significantly larger class sizes.” The NEA added: “The Department is taking a first step toward ‘impoundment,’ the illegal withholding of money appropriated by Congress to fund Federal programs and activities.”

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