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HI HR149
Resolution
Status
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Natalia Hussey-Burdick
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AI Summary
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Urges the Department of Education to ensure each public school and public charter school (K-12) employs or retains at least one mental health professional for every 250 students enrolled, or at least one if the school has fewer than 250 students.
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Defines "mental health professional" as licensed mental health counselors, psychologists, school psychologists, social workers, or exempt social workers as specified in Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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Requests the Department of Education cooperate with other state agencies to achieve adequate staffing levels of mental health professionals in public schools and charter schools.
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Requires the Department of Education to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2025 Regular Session, detailing efforts to meet the mental health professional staffing benchmarks.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Board of Education Chairperson, Superintendent of Education, and Executive Director of the State Public Charter School Commission.
Legislative Description
Urging The Department Of Education To Ensure That Each Public School And Public Charter School In The State, From Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, Has A Certain Number Of Mental Health Professionals.
Public Schools
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Kapela, Woodson excused (3).
3/25/2024