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H.R. 320

Student Support Act

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.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13](D-CA)Sponsor
43 cosponsors43 D
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  • Introduced in HouseJan 18, 2013
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    Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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