No. SB 978
Filed under Education.
Student Mental Health; Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to enforce maximum class size restrictions; requiring that a school district’s plan for its mental health assistance program include contracts or interagency agreements that provide for one licensed mental health therapist per school; requiring that such plan include policies and procedures ensuring that every classroom has a corner for students to regulate emotional control and that teachers assign homework that is purposeful and assigned with consideration of students’ time outside the classroom, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDSchool districts must contract for at least one licensed mental health therapist per school. This requirement is added to the existing mental health assistance program statute.
Every classroom must include a designated corner for students to regain emotional control. This new physical requirement applies to all classrooms in the district.
Teachers must assign homework that is purposeful and considerate of students' time outside the classroom. This creates a new standard for homework quantity and design.
The State Board of Education must adopt rules to enforce maximum class size restrictions. This adds a new enforcement mechanism to the class size statute.
AIThe State Board of Education is required to adopt rules to enforce the maximum class size limits in section 1003.03.
AISchool district mental health plans must include contracts or interagency agreements that provide at least one licensed mental health therapist at every school in the district.
AISchool district mental health plans must include policies ensuring that every classroom has a designated corner for students to regain emotional control and regulate their emotions.
AISchool district mental health plans must include policies requiring teachers to assign homework that is purposeful and in a quantity that is considerate of students' time outside the classroom.