Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers.
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Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
USA116th CongressHR-2958| House
| Updated: 5/23/2019
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental-health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student-loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. In addition, ED shall establish a program to provide student-loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental-health services providers.
Adoption and foster careChild healthCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisDomestic violence and child abuseDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEducational guidanceEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnelHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterJuvenile crime and gang violenceMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsPerformance measurementSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula