A report based on U.S. Department of Education budget documents says the agency redirected or failed to spend roughly $1 billion in education funding that Congress had appropriated for specific programs early in President Donald Trump’s second term. The tally includes more than $700 million shifted among funding streams and about $300 million set to expire for education research not spent. The analysis describes an extensive reprogramming effort after Congress belatedly approved fiscal year 2025 spending in March. One example cited was the $90 million Supporting Effective Educator Developments (SEED) grants: the department terminated most in-progress grants and reprogrammed funds into the American History and Civics grant program. Officials and experts said the scale of executive adjustments to congressionally approved levels is unusual in recent decades. The department characterized the moves as eliminating “divisive ideological” spending and prioritizing achievement-focused programs, while advocates said the shifts reduce predictability for grantees and may disrupt research and implementation pipelines.