States sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts
Fifteen states on Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding.
The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led states and the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant program that Congress established following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
At stake is a $1 billion program that offers grants to school districts across the country to help them hire and train more mental health professionals to work in schools.
Democratic attorneys general in 15 states say the Trump administration, in defiance of a December 2025 court order, plans to unlawfully terminate the grants at the end of this month, resulting in millions in lost funding.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/07/10/repub/wa-other-states-sue-trump-administration-to-block-school-mental-health-funding-cuts/