HR 320 113th Congress House Education Child health Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Health personnel Mental health Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula

Student Support Act

Introduced: January 18, 2013 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Jan 18, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Jan 18, 2013

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Support Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make matching grants of at least $1 million to states for allocation to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that additional school-based mental health and student service providers may be hired, thereby reducing the student-to-provider ratios in elementary and secondary schools to specified minimum levels recommended by the leading counseling, guidance, and mental health organizations.

Sets those minimum ratios at: (1) 1 school counselor for every 250 students, (2) 1 school psychologist for every 1,000 students, and (3) 1 school social worker for every 250 students.

Requires grants to states and state allocations to LEAs to be made pursuant to specified formulas that take into account a state's and school district's share of children in poverty.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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