The U.S. Department of Education announced 65 new grant awards—totaling more than $208 million—to bolster school mental‑health services and training for future school psychologists after a controversial campaign earlier in the year to terminate roughly 223 in‑progress grants. The new awards include 33 that serve rural areas and are the culmination of a seven‑month process in which cancelled grantees sought appeals and legal relief. The initial cancellations, disclosed in April, were framed by the Trump administration as a shift away from projects deemed inconsistent with new priorities; many affected projects had emphasized workforce diversity. The department said it reallocated funds and launched new competitions to restore services, but the episode raised questions about program continuity and the political volatility of discretionary education funding.