A lawsuit by 16 Democratic attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, seeks to reinstate more than $1 billion in federal funding for school-based mental health services. The funding was established by a bipartisan law following the Uvalde school shooting. The lawsuit claims the funding cuts are unlawful and ideologically driven, lacking evidence of poor performance from the grantees. It states the termination was arbitrary, ignoring the detrimental effects on children who rely on these services and the shortage in the mental health workforce.
The grants were created by Congress under a bipartisan law passed after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, when an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers.
The lawsuit claims the administration applied an ideological litmus test after terminating the program, stating the decision was "arbitrary and capricious" and failed to consider the impact on children.
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