HB 2149 requires that beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, 0.5 additional certificated instructional staff per prototypical elementary school be allocated for the purpose of promoting a safe and healthy school learning climate. The bill identifies the services that may be supported by the additional staff as including (but not limited to): physical care, mental health care, social emotional learning, and connecting students and their families to housing assistance, employment assistance, counseling, and other community resources.
Status Summary
HB 2149 was not heard in Appropriations and therefore is dead.