Federal judges blocked the Education Department’s effort to terminate dozens of multiyear school mental‑health grants, finding the department likely violated federal administrative procedures and failed to justify stopping awards early. In Seattle, Judge Kymberly Evanson issued a preliminary injunction protecting about 48 grantees across 15 states, saying the department provided no individualized reasoning and that immediate cancellations were causing real harm as school districts and training programs wound down services. A separate order directed the administration to restore some mental‑health grant funding that Congress had approved after school shootings. Agencies and state education officials said the injunctions prevent immediate program disruptions that would have laid off counselors, psychologists and social‑work trainees serving high‑need schools. The rulings bought time for plaintiffs, which include states and education groups, to litigate the substance of the terminations; they also complicate the department’s efforts to restructure funding priorities and launch new competitions tied to the administration’s policy aims.