The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to states.

In typical years, this funding would have begun reaching states and school districts starting on July 1. California joined about two dozen states this week in suing for the release of the funds, calling the Trump administration action “unconstitutional,