(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made available under section 5 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants, in amounts determined under subsection (b), to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to award subgrants to local educational agencies in order to provide school-based mental health services providers at public elementary schools and secondary schools served by the local educational agencies. endobj endobj (1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall use grant funds to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies in the State, to enable the local educational agencies to—, (A) employ a school-based mental health services provider at each public elementary school and secondary school served by the local educational agency; and, (B) work toward effectively staffing the public elementary schools and secondary schools of the State with school-based mental health services providers, including by meeting the recommended maximum ratios of—, (ii) 500 to 700 students per school psychologist; and. (2) such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.
$�)H�M�f@�]rP��Ԡj (5) Youth with access to mental health services in school-based health centers are 10 times more likely to seek care for mental health or substance abuse than youth without access. (A) BASE AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall use $2,000,000,000 of the amounts made available under section 5 for a fiscal year to provide a base grant for such fiscal year to each State educational agency that submits a complete application, on a proportional basis based on the number of elementary school and secondary school students in each State, subject to subparagraph (C). (2) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this section shall be for a 5-year period and may be renewed for additional 5-year periods upon a showing of adequate progress, as determined by the Secretary. (iii) 250 students per school social worker. <>
60 0 obj (B) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amounts made available under section 5 are less than $2,000,000,000, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the amount provided under subparagraph (A) to each State, subject to subparagraph (C). 7 0 obj (B) as applicable, the ratios of students to other school-based mental health services providers not described in subparagraph (A), in the aggregate and disaggregated by type of provider. endobj Be it enacted by the Senate and House of … 7801). endobj 44 0 obj 10 0 obj x��]�o��.
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The Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act would establish two five-year renewable grant programs (Base allotment grants and Need-based grants) to staff elementary and secondary schools with school counselors, psychologists and social workers, effectively by providing federal grants to states to disburse to school districts. This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state educational agencies to support school-based, mental-health-services providers at public elementary and secondary schools.
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(2) COMBINING FUNDS ALLOWED.—A State educational agency receiving a grant under this section may combine funds made available under this section with State or local funds to carry out the activities described in subsection (d)(1). 坐��t� �x����[�[�=0�����?0�o�J�̧�������_օݷi*?AV9"�. 2 0 obj <>/F 4/A<>/StructParent 1>> Introduced in Senate (09/12/2018) Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state educational agencies to support school-based, mental-health-services providers at public elementary and secondary schools. <> <>
(B) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—In order to receive additional funding under this paragraph, a State educational agency shall agree to provide matching funds, in an amount equal to not less than one-half of the additional amount provided under subparagraph (A), toward the costs of the activities carried out under this grant. 13 0 obj endobj
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