MI HB4415

Increases state school aid fund appropriation for fiscal year 2022-2023 from $16,754,072,900.00 to $16,773,072,900.00 (adds $19,000,000.00).

Increases mental health services funding from $77,600,000.00 to $80,600,000.00 for behavioral health providers in schools and adds $3,000,000.00 for mental health screening tools and care management systems.

Establishes new $20,000,000.00 Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training (SMART) internship grant program funded by federal coronavirus recovery funds, providing $25.00/hour or $15,000.00 lump sum for graduate-level mental health interns in districts.

Creates $5,000,000.00 behavioral health learning collaborative with online training platform, resources, and licensing of mental health assessment tools for districts and intermediate districts.

Allocates $16,000,000.00 for school safety risk assessments ($2,000.00 per school building) and $8,400,000.00 for mental health coordinators and emergency safety managers at each intermediate district ($75,000.00 each).