North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and State Superintendent Mo Green held a joint press conference Monday to announce the lawsuit.

The Trump administration still hasn't released more than $5 billion in previously approved federal education funding, including $130 million still owed to North Carolina.

The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Monday that Minnesota has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two states in suing the Trump administration over alleged frozen funding

The frozen funds were intended for after-school and summer programs, teacher training, programs for English learners, and migrant education programs.

President Donald Trump has achieved significant victories in the Supreme Court during the first six months of his second term