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The Trump administration recently released $10.8 million in funding for Connecticut’s after-school programs, which is only a small part of the over $50 million in federal education funding that was withheld.

Connecticut has joined 25 other states in suing the Trump administration for freezing more than $6 billion for after-school and summer programs.

The U.S. Department of Education is withholding more than $6 billion in funding for the nation’s schools. The money accounts for nearly 12% of funding for K-12 schools in Connecticut, according to CT’s Education Association.

Connecticut and New York’s attorneys general are among 21 AGs nationwide suing the Trump administration over its plans to shutter the Department of Education.

Trump has argued that the DOE should be eliminated because it “indoctrinates America’s youth.” He’s in favor of returning control back to state and local education officials.

The Connecticut Education Association was one of several teachers’ unions—along with the American Federation of Teachers—pushing back against expectations that the Trump administration would downsize or dismantle the Department of Education, which supports state educational funding.

U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5) is concerned about the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education.

Gov. Ned Lamont has said he does not expect President-elect Donald Trump’s education policies to change much for Connecticut, despite Trump’s choice of Linda McMahon to head the department.

The city has three magnet schools that serve kids from kindergarten to 12th grade.

The U.S. Department of Education has signed off on Connecticut's plan to relieve thousands of high school juniors from having to take an unpopular…