Senate
File
430
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
430
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
281)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
establishment
of
school-based
mental
1
health
services
pilot
projects
to
be
implemented
by
the
area
2
education
agencies
and
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SCHOOL-BASED
MENTAL
HEALTH
SERVICES
PILOT
1
PROJECTS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
2
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
the
fiscal
year
3
beginning
July
1,
2015,
and
ending
June
30,
2016,
the
following
4
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
5
purposes
designated:
6
For
purposes
of
awarding
grants
to
area
education
agencies
7
to
provide
school-based
mental
health
services
in
partnership
8
with
local
mental
health
providers
to
students
in
Iowa’s
school
9
districts
who
could
benefit
from
mental
health
counseling,
10
suicide
prevention
counseling,
and
referrals
for
those
students
11
who
need
more
intense
mental
health
counseling:
12
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$
2,500,000
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The
department
shall
as
equitably
as
possible
distribute
the
14
moneys
appropriated
under
this
section
to
each
area
education
15
agency
while
providing
for
maximization
of
local
funding
for
16
the
provision
of
mental
health
services
to
as
many
students
as
17
possible
in
accordance
with
this
section.
The
department
shall
18
develop
program
evaluation
criteria
and
the
area
education
19
agencies
shall
provide
to
the
department
any
information
20
requested
by
the
department
regarding
the
pilot
projects
21
implemented
under
this
section.
The
department
shall
submit
22
its
findings
and
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
governor
23
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2017.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
appropriates
$2.5
million
to
the
department
of
28
education
for
FY
2015-2016
for
purposes
of
awarding
grants
29
to
area
education
agencies
(AEAs)
to
provide
school-based
30
mental
health
services
in
partnership
with
local
mental
health
31
providers
to
students
in
Iowa’s
school
districts
who
could
32
benefit
from
mental
health
counseling,
suicide
prevention
33
counseling,
and
referrals
for
those
students
who
need
more
34
intense
mental
health
counseling.
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The
department
must
as
equitably
as
possible
distribute
1
the
moneys
appropriated
to
each
AEA
while
providing
for
2
maximization
of
local
funding
for
the
provision
of
mental
3
health
services.
The
department
shall
develop
program
4
evaluation
criteria
and
submit
its
findings
and
recommendations
5
in
a
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
6
1,
2017.
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