Trump has been randomly holding back funds for things he might not like if he had any clue what they are. Better penniless than sorry, right?

The Trump administration has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal funding that helps pay for after-school and summer programs, support for students learning English, teacher training and other services.

The money was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Education Department notified state education agencies that the money would not be available.

Because it’s bad to fund education. Ignorance is good – just look how far it’s taken Trump!

“It’s catastrophic,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a group that works to expand after-school services for students. She estimated that the federal dollars for after-school and summer-school programs — about $1.3 billion annually — support 1.4 million students, mostly lower income, representing about 20 percent of all students in after-school programs nationally.

Among other things, those after-school programs make it possible for parents of young children to have jobs. Trump is keen for the working class to be working, right? Well, having 6-year-olds sent home at noon is not going to help with that.

Heidi Sipe, the superintendent in Umatilla, Ore., a low-income, rural district, said her district’s after-school program has traditionally gone until 4:45 or 5:30 p.m. and was fully funded through federal dollars.

She recently sent a note to parents urging them to make backup plans, though few exist in her community, where she said there is no Y.M.C.A. or similar alternatives.

Which means some people (mostly women) are going to have to quit their jobs, which will make their families poorer.