WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced that the U.S. Department of Education will officially release the remaining anticipated education formula funding to states—an issue she has heard about directly from impacted individuals.
On July 16, Senator Capito led a group of her Republican colleagues in a letter to Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), advocating to release this funding. Shortly after sending that letter, OMB Director Vought notified Senator Capito that the funding to support 21st Century Community Learning Centers would be released. Today’s announcement means that all of the remaining funding requested is now unfrozen. Click here to read the full letter.
“The education formula funding included in the FY2025 Continuing Resolution Act supports critical programs that so many rely on. The programs are ones that enjoy longstanding, bipartisan support like after-school and summer programs that provide learning and enrichment opportunities for school aged children, which also enables their parents to work and contribute to local economies, and programs to support adult learners working to gain employment skills, earn workforce certifications, or transition into postsecondary education. That’s why it’s important we continue to protect and support these programs. I made this clear to OMB Director Vought and was glad he followed through on my request to release all of the education formula dollars that states across the country are expecting to receive,” Senator Capito said.