U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. joined other legislators this week in demanding President Donald Trump release $6.8 billion in educational funds Congress has appropriated for programs in the 2025-2026 school year.

“The letter requests that the administration implement the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Full-Year Continuing Resolution Act, which President Trump signed into law earlier this year,” reads a recent release from Britt’s office.

“This legislation contains critical funding that states rely on to help students, families, and local economies.”

Under the Fiscal Year 2025 Full-Year Continuing Resolution Act, Congress appropriated funds for Title II-A grants for effective educator instruction, Title IV-B grants for after-school programs, Title IV-A grants for student support, Title III-A funding for English Language Acquisition, Title I-C funding for Migrant Education and grants for adult education.

The Office of Management and Budget told ABC News this week that funds were currently being withheld from programs that “grossly misused” government dollars to promote a “radical leftwing agenda.”

The funds were supposed to be released to school districts on July 1, and as a result of Trump’s decision, Alabama schools are currently missing $89.9 million in anticipated federal funding, according to the Learning Policy Institute.

This accounts for 13.4 percent of the total Department of Education funding for the state’s K-12 schools.

“The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states,” the letter, signed by Britt and nine other senators, reads.

“This funding goes directly to states and local school districts, where local leaders decide how this funding is spent, because as we know, local communities know how to best serve students and families.”

“Withholding this funding denies states and communities the opportunity to pursue localized initiatives to support students and their families,” it continues.

U.S. Sens. John Boozman, R-Arkansas; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska; John Hoeven, R-North Dakota; Jim Justice, R-West Virginia; Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky; Lisa Murkowski, R-Arkansas; and Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, also signed on to the letter.

Two dozen states on Monday also sued Trump’s administration for withholding the funds, alleging that the move violates the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which requires any executive withholdings of budget authority to be reviewed by Congress.

“We welcome the opportunity to work with you [Vought] and Secretary McMahon to ensure that all federal education funding goes toward programs that help states and school districts provide students an excellent education,” the letter, addressed to OMB Director Russell Vought, reads.

“We want to see students in our states and across the country thrive, whether they are adult learners, students who speak English as a second language, or students who need after-school care so that their parents can work. We believe you share the same goal.”

U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, signed a similar letter this week drafted by House Democrats demanding that the OMB release the “illegally withheld, Congressionally-appropriated federal funding.”

While Sewell and other Democratic lawmakers have often been at odds with the current Republican majority, Britt’s actions this week have surprised many of her constituents, according to social media comments.

In addition to her efforts to obtain the state’s education funds contrary to Trump’s decision, Britt has also supported calls for the Department of Justice to release “everything they have” on billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged clients who sexually abused underaged girls provided by him.

Trump on Wednesday lashed out at supporters asking for the release of the files, calling them “weaklings,” and saying that he no longer wanted their support.