Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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a prepayment of royalties pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 1726(b) shall be distributed as follows: (1) a portion of the receipts, estimated by the taxation and revenue department to be equal to the amount that the state would have received as its share of royalties in the same fiscal year if the prepayment had not been made, shall be distributed to the public school fund; and (2) the remainder shall be distributed to the common school permanent fund. 2 . In addition to their claim for prospective relief, Plaintiffs originally claimed a right to payment of past royalties. The Eleventh Amendment, however, clearly bars any claim for the retroactive payment of royalties the State has received pursuant to the FMLA. See Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651, 663-671, 94 S.Ct. 1347, 39 L.Ed.2d 662 (1974) . 3 . In previously holding that FMLA
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. recognizing that claims against a state under  1981 are barred by the eleventh amendment
B. holding that judgments for prospective relief that have an ancillary effect on the state treasury do not offend the eleventh amendment
C. holding the eleventh amendment barred the retroactive payment of state benefits wrongfully withheld
D. recognizing that section 1983 claims against a state agency are barred by the eleventh amendment
E. holding the eleventh amendment barred that portion of a district court order directing retroactive payment of aid benefits from the illinois treasury
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.