SF 2163: Relating to a mental health service providers competitive grant program for school districts and area education agencies, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill provides for the establishment by the department of education of a mental health service providers competitive grant program to use mental health service providers who have received a statement of professional recognition from the board of educational examiners in high-need school districts or in high-need attendance centers operated by school districts, and appropriates $15 million from the general fund of the state to the department for FY 2021-2022 for purposes of the program. A school district or area education agency or any combination thereof may apply to the department for a grant to employ a mental health service provider who has received a statement of professional recognition from the board of educational examiners to design and implement a program that provides counseling and support services for children who are enrolled in a school district and such counseling and support services, as well as training, to adults employed by or served by the school district who have a serious emotional disturbance.

Senate subcommittee · named February 2, 2022

• Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa School Mental Health Alliance; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Education Association; Please Pass the Love; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 1, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 2, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Rozenboom and Trone Garriott