Mississippi schools will get millions in previously-promised federal education grants after all. 

The Trump administration announced Friday that it was releasing the money, which totals billions nationwide and pays for English language instruction, adult literacy and teacher professional development, among other things. 

When the federal government announced its decision to “review” the grant funding on June 30, the original amount was more than $6 billion, including $68 million in Mississippi. Later, the Trump administration unfroze $1.3 billion in grants that pay for afterschool programs, which totaled about $17 million in Mississippi.

Since then, $51 million was still on hold in the state. 

The freeze had prompted lawsuits and calls from Congress, which appropriated the money in a bill signed this year by Trump, to release it. School districts in Mississippi were scrambling to deal with with the freeze at the eleventh hour, just weeks away from the start of school. 

Spokespeople for the Mississippi Department of Education said they received notice from the national education department on Friday afternoon about the grants. The funds will be awarded beginning Monday, the state agency said. 

“We are relieved to learn that the U.S. Department of Education will release the funds that Congress committed to states,” said Lance Evans, state superintendent of education, in an emailed statement. “These funds are essential to providing education services to the students of Mississippi.”