Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 25 states and attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the freezing of $6.8 billion in education grants. In the lawsuit,

After-school funding was released, but billions of dollars remain frozen, weeks before the start of the school year.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office said the state was expected to receive an estimated $219 million in federal education funding that is now frozen.