The promise of funding $20 million towards mental health services for Seattle students will not be fulfilled.
Seattle City Council voted against restoring the funding in a 4-5 vote during Tuesday’s meeting. In November 2023, the previous city council approved the $20 million, covered by a tax on the city’s largest businesses. However, students, organizations, and advocates were told earlier in 2024 that the city could only provide half of those promised dollars.
She was vocal about school safety during her campaign. During Tuesday’s meeting, Rivera was one of the five councilmembers who voted against Morales’ amendment to restore the $20 million funds."It is problematic to be making promises to community that we very well know we cannot keep because what you saw today is what happens: people leave here, and children leave here thinking that we are not supporting them when that is the furthest from the truth. And that is very upsetting to me.
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