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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 13-1305.1-B. Survey of school mental health services

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Development.--No later than August 1, 2022, the committee shall develop and distribute to school entities eligible for funding under section 1315-B,  1 a survey instrument to measure mental health services in school entities throughout this Commonwealth. The survey shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Whether the school entity offers mental health education in the classroom and, if offered, how many employees provide the programming.

(2) Whether the school entity has adopted mental or behavioral health curriculum as part of its health education or other subject areas and, if offered, how many employees provide the programming and who provides the programming.

(3) The manner in which the school entity offers mental health programming under paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) Whether any of the tiered supports from the committee's behavioral health and school climate baseline criteria have been met by the school entity.

(5) Resources or support needed to improve the programming under paragraphs (1) and (2) and to meet or increase tiered supports for the committee's behavioral health and school climate baseline criteria.

(b) Completion.--No later than August 31, 2022, a school entity shall complete the survey instrument under subsection (a).

(c) Confidentiality of data.--

(1) School specific data collected through the survey instrument by the committee and the findings of the committee shall remain confidential and shall be exempt from access under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),  2 known as the Right-to-Know Law.

(2) The committee may release aggregate data at its discretion.

(d) Survey administration.--The committee shall administer the survey instrument established in subsection (a) as part of the grant application for grants issued under section 1315-B and part of the survey issued under section 1305-B,  3 and may make revisions to the survey instrument as needed.

1 24 P.S. § 13-1315-B.
2 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
3 24 P.S. § 13-1305-B.
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