MI HB6326

Creates a school safety and mental health commission within the state education department consisting of nine members appointed by the speaker of the house, senate majority leader, and governor with backgrounds in school mental health, law enforcement, school psychology/psychiatry, prosecution, teaching, school administration, threat assessment, and inpatient child treatment.

Commission members serve 4-year terms and the governor may remove members for incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or good cause; vacancies filled by the same appointing authority.

Commission must meet at least monthly, operate under the open meetings act and freedom of information act, and members receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses.

Commission shall collaborate with state agencies and educational/mental health professionals to reduce youth suicides, identify at-risk students, maintain an online resource platform for best practices, and work with school mental health coordinators and safety specialists.

Commission must review and make recommendations on grant funding for school safety programs under the state school aid act and provide recommendations to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs regarding school building construction standards.