The U.S. Department of Education will release more than $660 million in federal education funds to Texas after withholding the money for nearly a month, according to the Texas Education Agency.

The Department of Education announced Friday it would release billions of dollars in education grant funding to states. This includes hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for adult education programs nationwide.

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let districts address their campuses’ needs as they saw fit.

The Texas American Federation of Teachers, along with 13 other school districts, teachers' unions, and non-profit organizations, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration for blocking billions of dollars in federal education funding.

TEXARKANA, Texas - Thousands of teachers will be heading back to school with more money in their pockets, thanks to a new Texas law.

The Trump administration’s freeze on education funding has left school districts scrambling. These are some Fort Worth programs that have been put on hold.

The Trump administration has not released more than $6 billion in grants for schools nationwide. For Austin ISD, that amounts to a loss of about $9.6 million in funding that helps pay for more than 100 positions.

President Donald Trump's push for $9 billion in spending cuts − slicing into funding for public broadcasting stations, such as PBS and NPR.

Education leaders from all over the state gathered in South Padre Island to discuss how schools will operate following new laws passed by the Texas legislature. Region One hosted the two day conference to come up with solutions in response to several education-related laws,