Maine, 14 other states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts

Phone trees at Brewer High School store students phones for the duration of the school day. Fifteen Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over cuts to a $1 billion school mental health grant program. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)

By: Anna Claire Vollers

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: July 10, 2026

Words: 590

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Maine joined 15 states on Friday in suing the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding.

The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led states and the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant program that Congress established following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

At stake is a $1 billion program that offers …

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