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Trump administration cuts school mental health grants

The Trump administration will stop funding grants for mental health resources in schools created under a bipartisan law that was passed in response to school shootings.

Kalyn Belsha, national reporter at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss what this means for schools.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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