The Trump administration said Friday that it is releasing $5.5 billion in education funding that it was withholding as part of a review meant to align spending with White House priorities. The administration had frozen nearly $7 billion in money for public schools just before a July 1 deadline.

The U.S. Department of Education plans to release "the vast majority" of $6.8 billion in education grants it withheld from states in June, though the "chaos and confusion" the freeze caused in Massachusetts can't be undone,

The president of Tulsa nonprofit Youth at Heart is celebrating the release of 21st Century Community Learning Center grants but remains uncertain whether support will be available beyond the upcoming school year.