A month into the government shutdown, impacts on schools so far are difficult to see from the outside. School systems, which rely mostly on state and local funding, still have access to the biggest blocks of federal funding.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced its intent to loan the project $1.5 billion last fall. Residents against the project called the loan closure "shameful" at a time when basic government services are shut down.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws. For Education Secretary Linda McMahon, it offers a preview of what she hopes to make permanent.

The federal government sent a stop-work order for a $2.5 million Oregon State University (OSU) grant Oct. 6, leaving no funds to analyze the thousands of surveys the researchers collected over the course of two years. The purpose of the grant was to research the opinions of coastal communities about offshore wind energy development.

Across issue areas, nonprofits lost grants and contracts, faced delays or funding freezes, and were hit with stop-work orders.

The Trump administration must release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled Monday.

A federal judge agreed with the state attorneys general that the Education Department's "boiler-plate" explanation for terminating the funding didn't meet the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act.