Sixteen states sued the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully terminating more than $1 billion in bipartisan federal funding for school-based mental health services.
The lawsuit 鈥 filed by Democratic attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin 鈥 said the federal government had violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it canceled the appropriated funding this year. The APA has been routinely cited in court by those challenging President Donald Trump鈥檚 aggressive use of executive power during his second term.
The grants were part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a 2022 gun safety bill passed by Congress and signed by then-President Joe Biden after a teen gunman in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers and injured 17 others.
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