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H.R. 559 (109th)

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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Introduced

2 February 2005

Last action

24 March 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Sponsors

Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]

Subjects

Education

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23 March 2026

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Summary

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to assist States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, train, and hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, including additional school counselors, psychologists, and social workers (in order to reduce the student-to-counselor ratios nationally, in elementary and secondary schools, to an average of one school counselor for every 250 students, one psychologist for every 1,000 students, and one social worker for every 800 students, as recommended in a report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences relating to schools and health). Directs the Secretary of Education, after reserving certain funds for schools in outlying areas and schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make program allotments to States according to a specified formula. Requires States to allocate funds from Federal and State shares of program costs to LEAs according to specified formulas.

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Timeline

  1. 2 February 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 February 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 February 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 24 March 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

    Source: Committee

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