Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 17
- Latest action
- May 21, 2025
What it does
The Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2025 would establish a federal program to increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by creating a matching grant system where eligible graduate institutions and the Secretary of Education share the cost of attendance for participating students. The program targets students pursuing graduate degrees in school psychology, school counseling, school social work, or other school-based mental health fields, with priority given to those who received Federal Pell Grants as undergraduates or attended certain designated institutions. Eligible graduate institutions must enter into agreements with the…
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