The U.S. Department of Education acknowledged it shifted or left unspent about $1 billion in education funding Congress earmarked for specific programs early in President Donald Trump’s second term, according to newly published budget documents. The amount includes more than $700 million the agency says it reallocated among funding streams and another roughly $300 million expiring within five months for education research not spent. An Education Week analysis of congressional justification materials the White House released with the fiscal year 2027 budget proposal found Congress allocated $90 million for SEED grants, but the department terminated most in-progress awards and reprogrammed the money into the American History and Civics grant program. Experts cited the scale of executive reallocation as unusual in recent decades. The agency defended the changes as fiscal discipline and a shift away from “auto-renewed” grantees, while advocates argued the move sidesteps lawmakers’ intent for program-specific spending.