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Title I and IDEA funding could be caught up in the battle between the White House and the largest state, which is led by Democrats.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday that the state is at risk of funding cuts, but did not elaborate on the timing or what the cuts could be.
Trump’s team is asking federal employees to develop rationales for funding cuts to the state, including citing noncompliance with the president’s executive orders.
Why now: California’s schools and colleges receive billions in federal funding each year — money that Trump is threatening to terminate over the actions of one student. AB Hernandez, a junior from Jurupa Valley High School, is transgender, and on May 31 she won first- and second-place medals at the state track and field championship.
The package to be voted on targets funding already approved by congress for foreign aid programs, NPR and PBS.