DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Attorney General Phil Weiser joined 15 other state attorneys in suing the U.S. Department of Education for discontinuing $1 billion in congressionally approved grant funding for educational institutions and local governments to address the youth mental health crisis.
According to Weiser, multiple schools in Colorado are at risk of losing close to $10 million in funding, including the University of Colorado, the University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Denver.
“Finding solutions to the mental health crisis hurting our children is top of mind for me and people in every Colorado community. This illegal action by the U.S. Department of Education to rip away critical funding couldn’t be happening at a worse time,” said Attorney General Weiser…