P resident Donald Trump's administration is pausing over $6 billion of congressionally-appropriated federal funding for after-school, student support, teacher training, English language and other education programs, according to a Department of Education memo obtained by ABC News.

The Trump administration has moved to freeze $6.8 billion in education funds nationwide, with at least $811 million of that from California. The grants, allocated by Congress, were intended for programs such as English language learning,

The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.”