"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 Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 14 students and three staff members,"
"In April, the U.S. Department of Education alerted California and 15 other states that the program grant funding would be discontinued at the end of the year because the department determined that the programs were "not in the best interest of the federal government" and conflict with the Trump administration's priorities - alleging that they violate civil rights law, do not prioritize "merit, fairness and excellence in education," undermine the well-being of students or constitute an inappropriate use of federal funds."
California obtained a court order temporarily preventing the Trump administration from ending roughly $200 million in federal school mental health grant funding awarded to dozens of California schools and universities, 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 and the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program in 2020 to support school-based mental health services and add 14,000 professionals nationwide. The U.S. Department of Education notified 16 states that the grants would end, citing conflicts with federal priorities and alleged civil rights violations. A multistate coalition of affected states sued, warning that cuts would leave many rural and low-income schools without critical mental health services. A court rejected the department's motion to dismiss and enjoined the discontinuation.
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