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HR 559 109th Congress House

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student…

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Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.

Introduced: April 6, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Mar 24, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Feb 2, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 2, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to assist States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, train, and hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, including additional school counselors, psychologists, and social workers (in order to reduce the student-to-counselor ratios nationally, in elementary and secondary schools, to an average of one school counselor for every 250 students, one psychologist for every 1,000 students, and one social worker for every 800 students, as recommended in a report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences relating to schools and health).

Directs the Secretary of Education, after reserving certain funds for schools in outlying areas and schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make program allotments to States according to a specified formula. Requires States to allocate funds from Federal and State shares of program costs to LEAs according to specified formulas.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 12 Independent 1
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Jun 7, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 22, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 22, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 10, 2006
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 10, 2006
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 6, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 6, 2006
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 6, 2006
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jun 28, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 16, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 16, 2005
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· Apr 5, 2005
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 5, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 5, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 14, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Mar 10, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 2, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 559: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-559/
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"H.R. 559: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-559/.
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H.R. 559, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-559/.
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