Injunction Blocks School Mental Health Funding Cuts

California temporarily blocks Trump administration from ending school mental health grants

California secured a court order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from discontinuing roughly $200 million in school mental health grant funding awarded to dozens of schools and universities in California, including the Santa Clara County Office of Education and California State University East Bay. Congress created the Mental Health Professional Demonstration Grant Program in 2018 following the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Do…

Injunction blocks school mental health funding cuts

MADISON (WKOW) – Attorney General Josh Kaul secured a preliminary injunction, blocking the U.S. Department of Education from cutting school mental health grant funding. This order reinstates grants that were discontinued by the Trump administration earlier this year.

Education Department ordered to reinstate mental health grants

A school psychologists organization said the ruling is a "win" for families and educators. The department says it will appeal.

Judge blocks federal cuts to student mental health grants in Washington

SEATTLE, Wash. – A federal judge has blocked cuts to mental health funding for K-12 schools, following a lawsuit led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown. The lawsuit challenged the Trump administration's decision to cut funding, which was previously approved…

Judge Blocks Federal Cuts to K-12 Mental Health Grants in Washington State-Led Lawsuit

SEATTLE, WA – A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Education from cutting certain K-12 mental health program funds after a coalition of 16 state attorneys general, led by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, filed a lawsuit challenging the reductions. U.S. District Court Judge Kymberly Evanson issued a preliminary injunction Monday, finding that the department appeared to act in an “arbitrary and capricious” manner in violation …