A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that froze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything from school lunches to university research stunned the child care and education landscape. After widespread confusion, the administration clarified that some education aid would not be affected, specifying Pell Grants and federal student loans. In addition, according to Education Department spokeswoman Madi Biedermann, the pause does not affect Title I funding that supports K-12 schools with many low-income students, IDEA grants for students with disabilities or other so-called formula grants.

Several programs, such as Pell Grants, Title I funding for low-income schools and special education funding are not subject to the federal freeze.

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Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and...

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