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2023 SESSION
SB 818 Public elementary and secondary schools; programs of instruction on mental health education.
Introduced by: Lionell Spruill, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public elementary and secondary schools; programs of instruction; mental health education; curriculum guidelines; instruction required. Requires each public elementary, middle, and high school to provide at each grade level, in addition to health instruction, an additional age-appropriate course of instruction on mental health. The bill directs the Board of Education to develop mental health curriculum guidelines for an age-appropriate, sequential mental health curriculum for each grade level and requires such curriculum guidelines to include instruction on (i) understanding general themes of mental health and wellness, (ii) recognizing symptoms of common mental health challenges, (iii) promoting mental health wellness, (iv) seeking assistance for mental health concerns and challenges, (v) promoting awareness of the prevalence of mental health challenges and the importance of overcoming common mental health stigmas, (vi) understanding the importance of mental health to a student's physical, academic, and overall well-being, and (vii) understanding, at such grade levels as the Board deems appropriate, age-appropriate instruction on the connection between mental health and substance use disorders. The bill permits the Board to consult with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and other mental health experts in developing such curriculum guidelines and requires the Board to submit such guidelines to the State Board of Health for approval. The bill requires the Board to review and update by the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year the health Standards of Learning for each grade level to include such instruction on the mental health curriculum guidelines.
FULL TEXT
- 12/20/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102397D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105605D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 12/20/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102397D
- 12/20/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/17/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105605D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105605D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB818S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/23 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/07/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/13/23 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Education (10-Y 12-N)