Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, with a coalition of 15 attorneys general, has secured a second preliminary injunction that prevents





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June 4, 2025




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AG Nessel Secures Second Preliminary Injunction to Again Reinstate Extended Funding Deadline

*LANSING* – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, with a coalition of 15 attorneys general, has secured a second preliminary injunction (PDF) [ [link removed] ] that prevents the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) from rescinding an extended deadline that allowed states and local school districts to use pandemic relief education funds appropriated by Congress. The coalition originally filed a lawsuit against the DOE and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon [ [link removed] ] following DOE’s abrupt decision, communicated on March 28, 2025, to shorten the deadline for reimbursement requests related to Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations and American Rescue Plan funds to that same day. The coalition secured a preliminary injunction (PDF) [ [link removed] ] enjoining DOE’s illegal rescission of the extended deadline to spend the education funds on May 6, 2025. 

Despite the first preliminary injunction, DOE again tried to shorten the deadline to spend the education funding on May 11, 2025. Attorney General Nessel and the coalition sought a second injunction on May 14, 2025, to enjoin DOE’s second attempt, and again the Court granted a preliminary injunction stopping DOE’s efforts to rescind the deadline to spend the funds. This preliminary injunction reinstates the prior deadlines, to March of 2026, that had been in place to allow for delayed reimbursement of pre-approved projects, allowing the Michigan Department of Education, local districts, and the State’s public school students to access the remaining education stabilization funds, which totals approximately $25 million.

“I am thankful to the Court for yet again protecting funding for local school districts across Michigan,” Nessel said. “This access to funding allows these districts to move forward with critical, ongoing projects that keep classrooms safe and open for learning. With this second injunction, we implore the Department of Education to put students first and stop its illegal efforts to restrict access to these vital funds.” 

Attorney General Nessel was joined by the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Oregon, along with the Governor of Pennsylvania.

 

 

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