Education funding restored - Jeff Jackson NC AG

Friends,

I don’t get to write many emails like this.

In short:

Total victory.

Last month, I told you about the Department of Education suddenly freezing $165 million in funding for North Carolina schools - money that was supposed to arrive the next day.

No clear reason was given, and it would have meant laying off roughly 1,000 educators just a few weeks before school starts.

I told you it was unlawful because that money wasn’t the Department’s to cancel. It was appropriated by Congress, and we were going to court to enforce the law.

Well, faced with near-certain defeat in court, they folded - completely. All of the funds will arrive, a little late, but certainly welcome.

So, the question is, why?

Why the sound and fury to accomplish nothing?

As you’ve heard from me a few times, deliberate failure has become a media strategy. If the goal is attention, then picking high-profile losing battles works just fine for some folks.

Which means, this will happen again.

We’re already fighting similar battles - like FEMA’s cancellation of $200 million for water and sewer projects, which I wrote about last week. There are others. Not all are born-to-lose, but some clearly are.

Regardless, my job is to win. We did that here, and we’re gearing up for the next one.

More at his substack page https://substack.com/home/post/p-170206986