Washington – The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration was cancelled the judge’s order that blocked the cancellation of $148 million in grants to recruit and train new teachers in California and trained millions nationwide.
By 5-4 votes, the Justice granted the government an appeal and frozen funds.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
“I don’t think this situation requires us to intervene immediately,” Kagan wrote.
Most people didn’t explain their decision. It said in a brief, unsigned order that the plaintiff did not “refute the representative of the government that once the grant is paid, it is unlikely to recover the grant.”
Trump administration lawyers have urged the court to curb judges who serve as “self-appointed managers” of the federal government.
In early February, Trump’s appointment at the Education Department reviewed funds aimed at ending “discriminatory practices in the form of DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion,” aimed at ending funds.
They decided to terminate 104 of the 109 teacher training grants nationwide. They did this through form letters, saying “the grant is no longer valid…the agent’s priorities.”
Leaded by California. General Rob Bonta, eight Democratic nations filed lawsuits in Boston and argued that Congress approved the grant and their sudden cancellation was not “Authorized by law.” The lawsuit targeted approximately $250 million of the cancelled grant, of which about $148 million went to California.
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin and Colorado join California. There is no Republican-led state filed a lawsuit.
Bonta’s lawsuit relies on the Administrative Procedure Act, which prohibits agencies from abruptly changing their regulatory policies without a clear and reasonable explanation.
Biden-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Myong Joun agreed that the education department’s decision to terminate the grant abruptly is “arbitrary and capricious” and that it is illegal under the Administrative Procedure Act. “There is no personalized analysis of any plan,” he said.
On March 10, he issued a temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo.
When the federal appeals court refuses to lift the order, the Trump administration Lawyer appeals to the Supreme Court.
Attorney Sarah Harris is in the appeal of the U.S. Department of Education and California. Attorney Sarah Harris is in the appeal of his appeal.
Bonta’s lawsuit says California State University and the University of California lost eight grants worth about $56 million. The purpose of the federal grant is to recruit and train teachers to work in “hard staff” schools in rural or urban areas.
In the cancelled program, $7.5 million has provided California State University’s Los Angeles with training and certification for 276 teachers over five years to work in high-demand or high-poverty schools in the Los Angeles Unified and Pasadena Unified School District.
Other cancellations include a $8 million program at UCLA to train at least 314 middle school principals and math, English, science and social science teachers to serve in several school districts in Los Angeles County.
