The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to reduce teacher training money, for the moment

Washington (AP) – The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Trump Administration’s advocacy on Friday to reduce hundreds of millions of dollars in money training for teachers as part of its anti -dei efforts, while a trial continues.

The judges divided 5-4, chief judge John Roberts joining the three liberal judges in dissent.

The cuts had been temporarily blocked by a Federal Judge of Boston, who found that they already affected training programs aimed at treating a shortage of teachers nationally. The Federal Court of Appeal of Boston withdrew an appeal from the administration to enable them to resume.

The emergency call is one of many that the high court envisages in which the Ministry of Justice argues that the bottom of the ground have incorrectly obstructed the agenda of President Donald Trump.

US District District Judge MYONG JOUN has made a temporary prohibition order requested by eight states led by Democrats who argued that the cuts were probably motivated by the efforts of Trump administration to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The Republican President also signed an executive decree calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education, and his administration has already started to revise a large part of his work, in particular by reducing dozens of contracts which he rejected as “awake” and useless.

The two programs in question – teacher quality partnership and the effective support of educators’ development – offer more than $ 600 million in subsidies for teacher preparation programs, often in fields such as mathematics, science and special education, have argued. They said the data has shown that the programs had led to an increase in teacher retention rates and ensured that educators stay in the profession beyond five years.

The majority noted that states can maintain programs on their own with their own money for the moment, but the federal government would probably not be able to recover the money if they ultimately win the trial.

The administration interrupted the programs without notice in February. Joun, appointed Democratic President Joe Biden, noted that the cancellations had probably violated a federal law which requires a clear explanation.

The appeal committee which rejected the request for suspension of the administration was also made up of judges appointed by the Democrats.

California directs the current trial, joined by Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin.

Originally published: April 4, 2025 at 1:57 p.m.