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Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Introduced: May 23, 2019 See on congress.gov

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May 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

May 23, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs).

Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training.

In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers.

What's happening now May 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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