California will receive nearly $1 billion in previously frozen federal education funds after the Trump administration reversed course amid growing outrage and concern about the impacts to students across the nation.

The Trump administration announced it would release billions of dollars of federal education grants to states this week – funding that usually flows to states on July 1 but was in limbo as the Department of Education reviewed the grant programs in question.

One Gaston County educator said he is heading into the school year with hope after the U.S. Department of Education unfroze nearly $7 billion in funding.