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HR 320 113th Congress House

Student Support Act

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 s… Show full official titleShow less

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: January 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
Education Child healthEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEducational guidance
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Latest action April 23, 2013

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

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 15
Lipinski, Daniel
· Oct 28, 2013
Grayson, Alan
· Sep 26, 2013
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 2013
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 7, 2013
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Apr 25, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· Apr 25, 2013
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 15, 2013
Esty, Elizabeth
· Mar 15, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 15, 2013
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Feb 15, 2013
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 13, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 13, 2013
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Feb 13, 2013
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 13, 2013
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Feb 5, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Feb 5, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· Feb 5, 2013
Loebsack, David
· Feb 5, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2013
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 5, 2013
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 5, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 23, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 23, 2013
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jan 18, 2013
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 18, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 320: Student Support Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-320/
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"H.R. 320: Student Support Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-320/.
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H.R. 320, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-320/.
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