HR 2375 114th 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: May 15, 2015 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Nov 16, 2015

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

May 15, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

May 15, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Student Support Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Department 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.

These minimum ratios are: (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.

Grants to states and state allocations to LEAs must 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 November 16, 2015

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

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