California receives $2.4 billion in federal Title I money for low-income schools, about $1.3 billion for special education and $250 million for after-school programs, among other grants.

New Jersey, along with 18 other states, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for the threat to withhold federal funding over DEI.

California joined several other states Friday in suing the Trump administration over its demand that public schools eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives or risk losing federal funding.