On April 4, 2025, in a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to maintain a freeze on millions of dollars in federal teacher training grants. The administration’s emergency application, filed on March 26th, asked the justices to vacate a district court judge’s order requiring the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to reinstate some of President Trump’s $600 million in slashed funding for he called “divisive” teacher preparation grants. The justices granted the administration’s call for an immediate administrative stay, which pauses the March 10th order by Judge Myong Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts while the case continues.
In an unsigned opinion, the Court’s majority wrote that the recipient programs wouldn’t suffer permanent damages if the funds were withheld while the case moves through the lower courts.
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