President Donald Trump's administration is withholding more than $6 billion in education funding nationwide. New Jersey and other states also joined the lawsuit challenging the funding cuts.

A bout two dozen state attorneys general and Democratic governors sued the Trump administration on Monday for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs nationwide. "This is plainly against the law," North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson told ABC News in an exclusive interview ahead of the lawsuit.

Two weeks after the Trump administration decided to pause $230 million in congressionally-approved funding for Pennsylvania's schools, Gov. Josh Shapiro is taking part in a lawsuit to challenge the move.