By Liz Nass
Gongwer News Service
Attorney General Dana Nessel saw some movement in federal courts in lawsuits she has filed against education actions taken by the federal government, securing preliminary injunctions in two lawsuits against President Donald Trump and his administration.
A federal judge issued an injunction on Monday blocking the administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs that use language affirming various gender identities.
The lawsuit, which was filed in August by 17 attorneys general, said the decision to defund $3.4 million in Personal Responsibility Education Program funds was allegedly denying services for political reasons. The PREP programs provide education to reduce teen pregnancy and STI transmission.
There are 25 school buildings and eight community-based organizations in Michigan that receive the funding. .
“This unlawful action by the Trump administration would have put the health and safety of our kids at risk,” Nessel said in a statement. “For trans youth, who already face higher rates of bullying, isolation, and health disparities, this attempt to erase their very existence from educational programs was not just cruel but dangerous. I will continue to fight against illegal measures that jeopardize the well-being of Michiganders.”
The coalition said the action violated the Administrative Procedure Act since Congress created the program with statutory requirements and that it was defunded because it is at odds with “the Trump Administration’s baseless insistence that gender is absolute, fixed, and binary, and that any reference to transgender status or gender identity must be erased altogether,” a statement from Nessel said.
Another federal judge also blocked the Trump administration from cutting congressionally approved funding for K-12 mental health programs on Monday.
Sixteen attorneys general signed the suit in June against the U.S. Department of Education in attempted cuts of $1 billion in mental health supports in schools that followed the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
This cut included $5 million in Michigan for increasing the number of mental health professionals at the Michigan Department of Education and Grand Valley State University as well as school counselors, social workers and psychiatrists.
“Rescinding congressionally approved funds – this time to address the mental health crisis in our schools – is illegal, and I am relieved that another court has agreed,” Nessel said in a statement. “This isn’t the first time the Trump Administration has tried to unlawfully cut funding authorized by Congress, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. My colleagues and I will continue to protect these vital resources and recover the billions of dollars that the Trump administration has tried to illegally withhold from our residents.”
Gongwer News Service
Attorney General Dana Nessel saw some movement in federal courts in lawsuits she has filed against education actions taken by the federal government, securing preliminary injunctions in two lawsuits against President Donald Trump and his administration.
A federal judge issued an injunction on Monday blocking the administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs that use language affirming various gender identities.
The lawsuit, which was filed in August by 17 attorneys general, said the decision to defund $3.4 million in Personal Responsibility Education Program funds was allegedly denying services for political reasons. The PREP programs provide education to reduce teen pregnancy and STI transmission.
There are 25 school buildings and eight community-based organizations in Michigan that receive the funding. .
“This unlawful action by the Trump administration would have put the health and safety of our kids at risk,” Nessel said in a statement. “For trans youth, who already face higher rates of bullying, isolation, and health disparities, this attempt to erase their very existence from educational programs was not just cruel but dangerous. I will continue to fight against illegal measures that jeopardize the well-being of Michiganders.”
The coalition said the action violated the Administrative Procedure Act since Congress created the program with statutory requirements and that it was defunded because it is at odds with “the Trump Administration’s baseless insistence that gender is absolute, fixed, and binary, and that any reference to transgender status or gender identity must be erased altogether,” a statement from Nessel said.
Another federal judge also blocked the Trump administration from cutting congressionally approved funding for K-12 mental health programs on Monday.
Sixteen attorneys general signed the suit in June against the U.S. Department of Education in attempted cuts of $1 billion in mental health supports in schools that followed the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
This cut included $5 million in Michigan for increasing the number of mental health professionals at the Michigan Department of Education and Grand Valley State University as well as school counselors, social workers and psychiatrists.
“Rescinding congressionally approved funds – this time to address the mental health crisis in our schools – is illegal, and I am relieved that another court has agreed,” Nessel said in a statement. “This isn’t the first time the Trump Administration has tried to unlawfully cut funding authorized by Congress, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. My colleagues and I will continue to protect these vital resources and recover the billions of dollars that the Trump administration has tried to illegally withhold from our residents.”
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