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HI SB64
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/15/2025
Primary Sponsor
Stanley Chang
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AI Summary
- Requires all public schools and public charter schools (K-12) to employ or contract at least one mental health professional for every 250 students beginning with the 2027-2028 school year
- Schools with fewer than 250 students must still employ or contract at least one mental health professional
- Defines qualifying mental health professionals as licensed mental health counselors, licensed psychologists, school psychologists, and licensed or exempt social workers
- Mandates the Department of Education submit a progress report to the legislature no later than 20 days before the 2026 regular session
- Appropriates unspecified general fund amounts for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to establish mental health professional positions, with acknowledgment that appropriations will exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling
Legislative Description
Relating To Education.
Appropriations
Last Action
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
12/8/2025
Committee Referrals
Education1/16/2025
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