The American Federation of Teachers and a Chicago nonprofit filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education after the agency abruptly halted multiyear Full-Service Community Schools grants. The plaintiffs allege the Department terminated funding without required procedures, affecting projects that coordinate food, housing, medical care and other services tied to schools. The sudden cuts threaten university-district partnerships, clinical placements, and community-based research tied to those grants—prompting legal, compliance and programmatic risks for higher-education units involved in community-school initiatives.