NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit against the Department of Education for withholding $6 billion in education funding.

North Carolina has joined about two dozen states in a lawsuit over the freezing of billions of dollars in federal funding for public schools.

The lawsuit argued that the decision to freeze these funds resulted in “chaos” for schools across the country.

North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, with attorneys general from 24 states, sued the federal government over the withholding of $6.8 billion in educational funds, risking $165 million and nearly 1,000 teaching jobs in NC.

North Carolina has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for its decision to freeze $6.2 billion in federal funds hours before the money was set to be dispersed to local school districts across the state.

Nearly 1,000 educator jobs in North Carolina and $165 million in federal funding is threatened because the Trump administration is reviewing an estimated $6 billion in

North Carolina leaders gathered in Raleigh to announce a major lawsuit against the Trump administration over education funding, joining two dozen other states.