Schools sue to block Schwarzenegger's mental health cut

11-10-2010

Blog by Kevin Yamamura/Sacramento Bee

Several education advocates, including the state's largest school district of Los Angeles Unified, filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to overturn Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of student mental-health funding. The Republican governor vetoed $133 million last month that was meant to pay counties for past mental health services for about 20,000 special education students. He also suspended a state mandate requiring counties to provide such services for students. Because federal law requires schools to provide mental health services for special education students, K-12 districts would have to pay for them out of existing funds. The California School Boards Association and the Manhattan Beach Unified School District joined the Los Angeles Unified School District in filing Tuesday's suit. They argue that the governor does not have the authority to suspend the mental health care mandate. (more…)

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