NOTE: The Maryland Office of the Attorney General shared the following press release:
BALTIMORE, Md. — Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today issued the following statement after the Maryland State Department of Education received the final $87 million owed to Maryland schools from the federal Education Stabilization Fund, completing the full recovery of approximately $188 million in COVID-era relief funding that the federal administration had tried to withhold.
In March 2025, the Secretary of Education cut off states’ access to COVID-era relief funds that had already been awarded to their schools. Maryland joined a coalition of states led by New York and sued in federal court. The court sided with the states and ordered the federal government to release the money. Maryland schools received $101 million in December 2025. After further delays by the federal government, the remaining $87 million was received on June 1, completing Maryland’s full recovery of the funds.
“Maryland’s schools have now recovered every dollar of COVID relief funding that the Trump Administration tried to withhold. The pandemic may be over, but its impacts are still being felt in classrooms across our State. These resources are critical to helping our students recover from the disruptions caused by COVID-19. Because of our lawsuit, now that money is going where it belongs. Our Office will always defend Maryland’s children and the resources they need for the future they deserve.”
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