House
File
2187
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2187
BY
STAED
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
HANSEN
,
JACOBY
,
HUNTER
,
MASCHER
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
DONAHUE
,
B.
MEYER
,
WILBURN
,
and
STECKMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
funding
for
certain
1
school-based
mental
health
and
behavioral
services
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
Programs
for
school-based
mental
health
3
and
behavioral
services.
4
a.
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
school
5
districts
for
mental
health
and
behavioral
services,
a
6
supplementary
weighting
plan
is
adopted
for
school
budget
7
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2022.
A
supplementary
8
weighting
of
six
hundred
forty-two
one-hundred-thousandths
9
per
pupil
shall
be
assigned
to
the
percentage
of
pupils
in
10
a
school
district
enrolled
in
grades
one
through
six,
as
11
reported
by
the
school
district
on
the
basic
educational
12
data
survey
for
the
base
year,
who
are
eligible
for
free
and
13
reduced
price
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
14
Act
and
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
15
§1751
–
1785,
multiplied
by
the
budget
enrollment
in
the
school
16
district;
and
a
supplementary
weighting
of
two
hundred
four
17
one-hundred-thousandths
per
pupil
shall
be
assigned
to
pupils
18
included
in
the
budget
enrollment
of
the
school
district.
19
b.
Amounts
received
as
supplementary
weighting
under
this
20
subsection
shall
be
utilized
by
a
school
district
to
develop
21
or
maintain
district-wide,
building-wide,
or
grade-specific
22
school-based
mental
health
and
behavioral
services.
23
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“school-based
mental
24
health
and
behavioral
services”
means
any
of
the
following:
25
(1)
Student
mental
health
and
behavioral
assessments.
26
(2)
Mental
health
and
behavioral
programs
conducted
by
27
licensed
professionals
serving
students,
including
in-school
28
counseling,
telehealth
services,
and
plans
for
referrals
for
29
services
provided
outside
of
the
school
setting.
30
(3)
Teacher,
administrator,
and
support
staff
mental
health
31
and
behavioral
issue
training.
32
(4)
Costs
to
employ
student
mental
health
and
behavioral
33
professionals
including
school
counselors,
school
nurses,
and
34
school
social
workers,
including
student
loan
forgiveness
for
35
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such
persons.
1
(5)
Implementation
of
safety
measures
to
ensure
a
safe
and
2
disruption-free
school
environment.
3
(6)
Initiatives
to
integrate
mental
health,
behavioral
4
issues,
suicide
prevention,
and
coping
skills
into
existing
5
curriculum.
6
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
7
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
In
order
to
provide
additional
funding
to
school
districts
12
for
mental
health
and
behavioral
services,
this
bill
13
establishes
a
supplementary
weighting
plan
for
school
budget
14
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2022.
15
The
bill
assigns
a
supplementary
weighting
of
0.00642
per
16
pupil
to
the
percentage
of
pupils
in
a
school
district
enrolled
17
in
grades
one
through
six
who
are
eligible
for
free
and
reduced
18
price
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
and
19
the
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
multiplied
by
the
20
budget
enrollment
in
the
school
district;
and
a
supplementary
21
weighting
of
0.00204
per
pupil
shall
be
assigned
to
pupils
22
included
in
the
budget
enrollment
of
the
school
district.
23
Amounts
received
as
supplementary
weighting
under
the
bill
24
shall
be
utilized
by
a
school
district
to
develop
or
maintain
25
district-wide,
building-wide,
or
grade-specific
school-based
26
mental
health
and
behavioral
services.
The
bill
defines
27
“school-based
mental
health
and
behavioral
services”
to
mean
28
any
of
the
following:
(1)
student
mental
health
and
behavioral
29
assessments;
(2)
mental
health
and
behavioral
programs
30
conducted
by
licensed
professionals
serving
students,
including
31
in-school
counseling,
telehealth
services,
and
plans
for
32
referrals
for
services
provided
outside
of
the
school
setting;
33
(3)
teacher,
administrator,
and
support
staff
mental
health
34
and
behavioral
issue
training;
(4)
costs
to
employ
student
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mental
health
and
behavioral
professionals
including
school
1
counselors,
school
nurses,
and
school
social
workers,
including
2
student
loan
forgiveness
for
such
persons;
(5)
implementation
3
of
safety
measures
to
ensure
a
safe
and
disruption-free
school
4
environment;
and
(6)
initiatives
to
integrate
mental
health,
5
behavioral
issues,
suicide
prevention,
and
coping
skills
into
6
existing
curriculum.
7
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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