Judge Blocks Department of Education From Canceling COVID-Related School Aid

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by states.

A student at a school in New York City in a file image. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

A federal judge on May 6 blocked the U.S. Department of Education from canceling more than $1 billion in funding that was allocated to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary schools and students.

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos entered a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Department of Education from enforcing its recission of extensions for the funding that had been granted in January by the prior administration.