Senators Criticize Education Department's Grant Funding Practice

Senators Patty Murray and Tammy Baldwin have urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon to halt the department's expanded practice of "frontloading" multi-year grants. They contend that paying these grants upfront, rather than annually, significantly reduces the number of federal funding recipients. This practice reportedly withholds approximately $630 million in appropriated resources from communities and schools across 35 grant programs, impacting various educational initiatives.