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October 28, 2025
LANSING – A federal judge blocked the Trump Administration from illegally cutting congressionally approved funding for K-12 mental health programs after a coalition of 16 state attorneys general, including Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, filed a lawsuit in June. On October 27, U.S. District Court Judge Kymberly Evanson issued a preliminary injunction (PDF), finding that the U.S. Department of Education appears to have acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, violating the Administrative Procedure Act. The Court limited its injunction to grantees that had submitted declarations to the court explaining how they’d been harmed by the cuts.
The attempted cuts targeted a bipartisan act of Congress that appropriated $1 billion for mental health supports in schools after the tragic deaths of 19 students and 2 teachers during a mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. During the first year of funding, grantees served nearly 775,000 students and hired nearly 1,300 school mental health professionals, according to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). NASP also found a 50% reduction in suicide risk at high-need schools, decreases in absenteeism and behavioral issues, and increases in positive student-staff engagement based on data from sampled programs.
On April 29, the Department of Education sent boilerplate notices to grantees claiming that their grants conflicted with the Trump Administration’s priorities and that funding would be discontinued. In Michigan, grant recipients including the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Grand Valley State University (GVSU) were affected, and approximately $5 million in expected grant funding was stripped. The grants to MDE and GVSU were specifically aimed at increasing the number of mental health professionals in educational settings, including school counselors, social workers, and psychiatrists. Like many states, Michigan is already facing a critical shortage of school-based mental health professionals. The Department’s non-continuation decision would worsen these shortages, leaving Michigan students with even less access to essential mental health support in schools.
“Rescinding congressionally-approved funds – this time to address the mental health crisis in our schools – is illegal, and I am relieved that another Court has agreed,” Nessel said. “This isn’t the first time the Trump Administration has tried to unlawfully cut funding authorized by Congress, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. My colleagues and I will continue to protect these vital resources and recover the billions of dollars that the Trump Administration has tried to illegally withhold from our residents.”
The attorneys general filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleges that the Department of Education’s funding cuts violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the U.S. Constitution.
Joining Attorney General Nessel in the lawsuit are the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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