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Senate Bill 2934
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 23, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 23, 2018
Latest Action
May 23, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2934
Congress
115
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Bill Nelson
Florida
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
Democrat
Chris Coons
Delaware
Democrat
Debbie Stabenow
Michigan
Democrat
Jon Tester
Montana
Democrat
Ron Wyden
Oregon
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
May 23, 2018
Related Bills (1)
May 23, 2018
Introduced in House
5
Sponsorship
House Bill 5932
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
05/23/2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
05/23/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:28 PM
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