Stakeholders and lawmakers are cheering after the Trump administration ended a pause on $6 billion in federal after-school and summer school funding following rare bipartisan pushback.

Advocates and states have been on the edge of their seats since President Trump declined to release the money, which also funds adult education and English language efforts, on the typical July 1 schedule, causing some programs to shut down and leaving others hanging by a thread.

It is unclear if the full $6 billion will be unfrozen, but Aaron Dworkin, CEO of the National Summer Learning Association, told The Hill he is “delighted” and “grateful for our leaders for making continued investment.”

“All our partners are in the middle of running their programs right now and so not being sure whether or not they'd have enough funding to get through the whole summer, especially for programs that are serving the most vulnerable and low-income kids, there was a lot of........

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