H.R. 320: Student Support Act

Introduced:
Jan 18, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA13]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on January 18, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Jan 18, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 18, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

0% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
39 cosponsors (39D) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

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Full Title

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.

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Last updated Jan 18, 2013.
16 pages

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1/18/2013--Introduced.
Student Support Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make matching grants of at least $1 million to states for allocation to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that additional school-based mental health and student service providers may be hired, thereby reducing the student-to-provider ratios in elementary and secondary schools to specified minimum levels recommended by the leading counseling, guidance, and mental health organizations.
Sets those minimum ratios at:
(1) 1 school counselor for every 250 students,
(2) 1 school psychologist for every 1,000 students, and
(3) 1 school social worker for every 250 students.
Requires grants to states and state allocations to LEAs to be made pursuant to specified formulas that take into account a state's and school district's share of children in poverty.

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