From Education Week 9/4/2025
Federal spending is in the spotlight this year like never before, as the Trump administration has bypassed Congress and held up billions of dollars lawmakers had already approved for education.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are currently staring down a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the federal government for the new fiscal year, avert a shutdown, and appropriate funding for programs—a core function for Congress as prescribed by the U.S. Constitution.
That’s a tall task for a legislative body that has rarely met budget deadlines in recent years. As the new school year begins, school districts are bracing for more disruption of the federal funding status quo.
Read more: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/your-guide-to-the-evolving-federal-budget-and-what-it-means-for-schools/2025/09