The funding was already appropriated by Congress and should have been received on July 1. Billions never made it to the states, Healey said.

Local officials are sounding off on the decision by President Donald J. Trump’s administration to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding earmarked for Massachusetts schools. All totaled, the

ABC News on July 2 reported that the Trump administration had "paused" more than $6 billion in education funding, writing that funding decisions concerning this academic year have "not yet been made."