A Biden-appointed Massachusetts judge ruled in May that the Trump administration must re-hire fired Education Department employees while a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order is pending. An appeals court sided with the judge and upheld his ruling, prompting the federal government to file an emergency application with the Supreme Court.

Nearly $7 billion was slated for such things as after-school care, summer programs, teaching English to non-native speakers, and programs to recruit and train teachers in low-income areas.