US EditionUS appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers
The 9th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling requiring release of millions in grants for school mental health workers in 16 Democratic-led states to address worker shortages.
- On Dec. 4, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel denied the federal government's emergency stay request to block a district court order requiring release of funds.
- The Trump administration discontinued the grants on April 29, citing use of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and warning recipients of no funding past December 2025.
- Funded by Congress after the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, the programs award $1 billion to hire counselors, psychologists, and social workers in high-need, low-income, and rural schools across 16 states.
- In Madera County, California, the ruling restores roughly $3.8 million, and in Marin County, California, it restores $8 million for school mental-health services.
- The appeals panel noted the government had not shown likely success or irreparable harm, while U.S. District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson's October ruling found the cancellation arbitrary and capricious for some grantees in 16 Democratic-led states.
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Appeals Court Rejects Federal Government Bid to Block School Mental Health Grants
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Dec. 4 declined a request from the federal government to block a district court order requiring it to continue providing grants to school mental health workers. The grants, which have been issued by the Department of Education under the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program and School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program, are worth approximately $1 billion and fund…
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to stop an order demanding that it release millions of dollars in subsidies to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools. Congress-funded mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, included grants to help schools hire more counselors, psychologists and social workers, with special attention to rural and marginalized areas of…
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US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools.
U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Bid To Block School Mental Health Grants
A United States federal appeals court has rejected an effort by the Trump administration to halt a court order requiring the release of millions of dollars in school mental health grants aimed at easing nationwide shortages of counselors, psychologists, and social workers.
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