A federal judge this month ruled that the Education Department unlawfully terminated dozens of multi‑year school mental‑health grants and ordered remedies that could keep roughly $208 million flowing to about 140 districts, universities and state agencies. Judge Kymberly Evanson found the April cancellations used uniform termination notices with no individualized rationale and that the department effectively ran a new contest without required notice to grantees. The grants, created under prior administrations to expand school‑based mental health services and clinician training, were halted by the Trump administration this year amid new priorities limiting funding to certain roles and prohibiting projects the department deemed politically charged. Evanson’s opinion said the cancellations caused "significant disruption" to ongoing projects and violated the Administrative Procedure Act. Grant administrators, campus mental‑health directors and K‑12 partners now face a compressed timeline: department officials must decide project‑by‑project whether to restore funding through Dec. 30 and beyond. Higher education institutions that partnered on clinician‑training components could see restored workforce pipelines if funds are reinstated, but uncertainty remains until the department issues final determinations.