"Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training.

HB 566, the "Mental Awareness Program for School Act," would require Mississippi public schools to provide mental health support by mandating at least one school counselor or mental health provider per 250 students and implementing trauma-informed training for educators. Key provisions include requiring schools to form trauma-informed teams, report counselor staffing to the Department of Education, and create a state toolkit for implementing trauma-informed practices. The bill also allows underfunded schools to deploy one counselor across multiple schools and authorizes partnerships with universities for supervised internships. The bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and would have directly affected all public K-12 schools and students in Mississippi.