UCLA ‘hopeful’ to resolve $339 million frozen funding dispute with White House

The University of California Los Angeles is making attempts to regain over $300 million in federal funding that the Trump administration froze after the Justice Department found the school violated Jewish students’ civil rights. 

The DOJ notified UCLA one week ago that a government investigation determined university officials failed to adequately respond to complaints of harassment and abuse that Jewish students suffered on campus, putting it in violation of federal civil rights law. Days later, the Trump administration froze over $339 million in federal funding to UCLA due to the DOJ’s findings.

On Monday, senior school administrators sought to provide some answers as to whether they hope to negotiate an agreement with the government that recoups federal funding before a deadline to address concerns about civil

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