As President Donald Trump deliberates how to abolish the education department, his administration’s cuts to the agency’s programs are already facing a legal challenge.
A coalition of attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Trump administration for terminating funds that went toward training new teachers.
Among those impacted, two colleges — Montclair State University and The College of New Jersey — were notified that they would lose $600 million in funding as a result of Department of Government Efficiency cuts, according to the New Jersey attorney general’s office. Those schools used the funds to recruit and train teachers to work in the state.