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Providing for the staffing of mental health professionals in primary and secondary schools and making appropriations
Topics:State budgetK–12 educationHealth careMental health & addiction
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary All charter, public, and accredited private schools must have at least one mental health professional on campus during school hours to help students. The state will provide the money needed to pay for these staff members each year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires all charter schools, public schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to have a minimum of one health care professional with mental health credentials available on site to assist students during normal hours of instruction. The bill annually appropriates to the department of education an amount sufficient to provide this staffing, and requires the department of health and human services to assist the department of education in determining the required amount.