The US Department of Education has a new priority for the school mental health fund for about $ 1 billion after suddenly speaking of their awards because the agency reflects the BIDEN administrative policy to the former subsidies.
The department, which is expected to announce the priority proposed by the Federal Registration Department on Thursday, can be certified as a school psychologist by raising the ranking of qualified school psychologists and increasing the “favor” of people working in the related fields.
The Ministry of Education summarizes the priority proposed in this document, “It will prohibit the use of the program funds to promote or approve gender ideology, political movements, racial stereotypes, or hostile environments for certain races.
The new priority was notified in April, followed by two subsidies, followed by two subsidies. School -based mental health service subsidy program and Mental Health Service Expert Demo Subsidy Program-The fund will end at the end of the current budget period. The winners said on December 31.
The Ministry of Education said that it plans to “resume and re -competition” subsidies in accordance with new priorities (merit, fairness and education excellence ”by delivering messages to the recipient.
Due to the suspension of funds, 16 Democrats filed a lawsuit against the Federal Court earlier this month.The decision of this department will argue that it will cause the dismissal of employees and to build scholarships for college students who want to become a mental health professional at K-12 schools and make the results for hundreds of thousands of students.
The Ministry of Education accepts opinions on priority, subsidy requirements and definitions proposed for 30 days after being published to the Federal Registration Department on July 17.
New priority speaks
The two subsidies programs have been injected by the Federal Fund. In recent years, 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in the school shooting in Texas. The Trump administration now proposes to prioritize recruitment and maintenance in school -based mental health experts, especially high schools.
Subsidies awarded during the previous cycle are supported by 49 states to 260 winners, helping more than 14,000 mental health experts prepare to work at K-12 schools, Biden Administration said.
MADI BIEDERMANN, a spokesman for the department, said the agency would use fiscal and 2026 fiscal year in 2025. The department refused to answer how much money was left after the previous subsidy.
Biedermann said, “The Trump administration will review the application based on the detailed plans to deal with the unique mental health requirements of the community and the route to secure high-quality mental health experts in K-12 schools.
that School -based mental health service subsidy program proposal It is defined that there is a proportion of more than 500 students and a school psychologist by proposing a plan to recruit and hold qualified school psychologists in the higher school districts in the state education office and the district.; High violence, poverty, drug use, suicide, human trafficking or other “childhood experience”; Experience in traumatic events since the school year began; Received a relocation of project school emergency response subsidies from the Ministry of Education.
State and school districts also need to suggest plans to grow the number of school psychologists who provide intensive mental health services and provide early interventions and build the ability to continue the service beyond the subsidies.
The state can also propose a plan to help experts with degrees in relevant areas such as special education, clinical psychology or community counseling.
that Mental Health Service Expert Demo Subsidy Program The proposal is very similar, and the applicants are asked to propose a project designed to train and deploy candidates for school psychology in the high district.
Trump administrator. Priority is different from BIDEN administration
The Trump administration has a zero priority for the two subsidies because of the lack of school psychologists, but the BIDEN administration has focused on raising the ranking of school counselors and social workers.
Priority For Two subsidies programIt also emphasized that it came from a variety of backgrounds, including the community of students who served by the school -based mental health provider at 2022. Mental Health Service Professionation Grant has also prioritized the applicants who have historically proposed partnerships with black universities, tribal universities and universities and minority support organizations.
The Ministry of Education, a spokesman, said, “We have a very flawed priority,” and the subsidiary’s recipient said, “We can implement racial -based behaviors such as recruiting quotas in a manner that is not related to mental health and to harm students who can help subsidies.”
However, all department employees and other mental health advisors are described.. Biden Administration focused on diversifying “diversity” and diversifying the pipelines of mental health experts into subsidy competition. According to a study showing that students can do better work when they see experts and mental health experts, former Ministry of Education officials said the former Ministry of Education officials said.
The advocates also argued that subsidies are already supporting employees’ training, recruitment and maintenance and not wise to terminate their ongoing work.
