AB 1576, as introduced, Eggman. Pupil health: school-based mental health services.
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment of school districts and other local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation that would utilize school-based mental health services to address the mental health needs of children in the state.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of
2the following:
3(1) California supplies only one social worker for every 12,000
4pupils.
5(2) Seventy percent of children in California with mental health
6needs receive no treatment.
P2 1(b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to enact future
2legislation that would utilize school-based mental health services
3to address this need.
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