If California’s legal challenge can’t stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said over 100 employees could be affected.

The funds have already been allocated by Congress and budgeted by school districts for the upcoming school year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to states.

The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of violating the Constitution and exceeding its authority by ignoring Congress’s spending decisions.

The U.S. Department of Education froze the funding without warning June 30, a day before it's typically sent to Pennsylvania and other states.

Nearly two dozen state AGs and blue state governors sue Trump administration for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs.

Twenty-four Democratic states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s pause on education funding for after-school programs, along with other