The Seattle City Council voted to fund programs that support “student mental health” by $12.5 million during Tuesday’s council meeting. Last week, a vote on this issue was tied, though advocates of its passage say it’s $7.5 million short of what they were promised. This effort to fund student mental health started as a rallying cry after shootings at Ingram High School in Seattle in 2022. Students thought they had scored a win when the council allocated $20 million, in the form of legislation, for this effort. But this month they learned that funding was in question as only $10 million of the $20 million promised were listed on the cities supplemental budget. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-city-council-votes-to-support-student-mental-health-by-125-million/281-c1d5fde9-6a30-427e-983a-8a2e38e1a273