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IN HB1322
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Wendy McNamara
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AI Summary
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Expands Indiana Safe Schools Fund to allow funding for social, emotional, and mental health services for students, including hiring social workers and mental health counselors
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Expands Indiana Secured School Fund matching grants to cover student mental health services in addition to existing uses like school resource officers, threat assessments, and security equipment
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Matching grant limits remain at $50,000/year for schools with 1,000+ students or coalitions, and $35,000/year for smaller schools
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Permits schools to disclose student education records, including personally identifiable information, to law enforcement, public health officials, and medical personnel without parental consent during health and safety emergencies
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Grants civil liability immunity to schools that disclose student records in violation of the new provision if they made a good faith effort to comply
Legislative Description
School safety. Provides that the Indiana safe schools fund may be used to promote school safety through the provision of services designed to support the social, emotional, and mental health needs of students, including the hiring of social workers, mental health counselors, and other appropriate personnel. Specifies that grants from the Indiana secured school fund may be used to provide services designed to support the social, emotional, and mental health needs of students, including the hiring of social workers, mental health counselors, and other appropriate personnel. Provides that a school corporation or other entity to which the education records privacy provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act apply may disclose or report on the education records of a child, including personally identifiable information contained in the education records, without the consent of the child's parent to appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies as determined by school officials.
Last Action
Representative Davisson added as coauthor
1/17/2019