Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A federal judge called the Trump administration's cuts to school mental health programs "arbitrary and capricious" and ordered funding be reinstated.
U.S. District Court Judge Kymberly Evanson issued the order Monday after 16 state attorneys general sued in response to the U.S. Department of Education withholding about $1 billion to hire additional school mental health professionals and provide additional services to students.
"It's a relief to students and their families that a large number of these programs are shielded for now," Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown, who led the case, said in a statement.
The funding was part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, which included money for school safety, crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to tighten background checks to purchase firearms.
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