Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 130
- Latest action
- Jun 30, 2025
What it does
The Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools Act of 2025 would create a federal grant program to help high-need local educational agencies increase the number of school-based mental health services providers, such as counselors, psychologists, and social workers, in elementary and secondary schools. The bill targets agencies with high poverty rates and insufficient mental health staffing ratios, requiring grant recipients to use funds for hiring, recruiting, retaining, and diversifying providers while contributing at least 25% non-Federal matching funds. Grants would be awarded competitively for up to five years, with reservations for Bureau of Indian Education schools,…
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Where it stands
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Rosa DeLauro
- Adam Smith
- Adelita Grijalva
- Adriano Espaillat
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Angie Craig
- April McClain Delaney
- Becca Balint
- Bennie Thompson
- Betty McCollum
- Bill Foster
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brendan Boyle
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Brittany Pettersen
- Chellie Pingree
- Chris Deluzio
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Cleo Fields
- Dan Goldman
- Danny Davis
- Dave Min
- Debbie Dingell
- Deborah Ross
- Delia Ramirez
- Derek Tran
- Dina Titus
- Donald Davis
- Donald Norcross
- Dwight Evans
- Ed Case
- Eleanor Norton
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Emily Randall
- Eric Sorensen
- Eugene Vindman
- Frederica Wilson
- Gabe Amo
- George Latimer
- George Whitesides
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Greg Landsman
- Gwen Moore
- Henry Johnson
- Jahana Hayes
- James Himes
- James Walkinshaw
- Jamie Raskin
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.