At the end of the day, we are expecting the Better FAFSA can open the doors to an additional 600,000 students for higher education.
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April 16, 2024
We have invested already $571 million in mental health services for students in K-12.
— Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona
The Public Record
Miguel Angel Cardona is an American educator and politician currently serving as the United States Secretary of Education, a position he has held since March 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, where he focused on improving educational outcomes and equity in schools. Cardona has emphasized the importance of student safety and access to higher education during his tenure as Secretary.
We are in a youth mental health crisis, and unfortunately across the country we have emergency room models of mental health support, meaning, after the trauma.
At the end of the day, we are expecting the Better FAFSA can open the doors to an additional 600,000 students for higher education.
It is unacceptable. I have spoken to Jewish students who have shared with me that they have had to take a different route to class.
We have invested already $571 million in mental health services for students in K-12.
That is the most important thing to me, to make sure that our kids are safe on campus.
We are in a youth mental health crisis, and unfortunately across the country we have emergency room models of mental health support, meaning, after the trauma.
It is unacceptable. And we are committed, as a Department of Education to adhering to Title VI enforcement.
It is unacceptable. I have spoken to Jewish students who have shared with me that they have had to take a different route to class.





