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HR 559 109th Congress House Education Child health Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational counseling Educational statistics Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Indian education Labor and Employment Law Licenses

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: February 2, 2005 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now March 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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