Statement on Trump Administration Withholding $108 Million in K-12 Funding for Massachusetts Schools

BOSTON (7/7/2025) — Today, Massachusetts Senate President Karen E. Spilka issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s unprecedented withholding of billions of dollars in Congressionally-appropriated education funding across the country, including $108 million for Massachusetts schools:

“Withholding education funding directly harms young people, educators, and school districts across Massachusetts. President Trump and his administration are playing with students’ futures and educators’ livelihoods. The President must respect the separation of powers and Congress’s Constitutional authority to appropriate funding. I urge him to release these funds immediately—and I urge Congress to stop ceding their power to this President.”

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