Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact.

SB 2600, the "Mental Awareness Program for School Act," would have required Mississippi public schools to implement trauma-informed mental health support systems. It mandated educator training on trauma-informed approaches (via amended Section 37-3-89), set a 1:250 student-to-school-counselor ratio (with flexibility for underfunded districts to share one counselor across multiple schools), and required each school to form a trauma-informed team. The bill also directed the Department of Education and Mental Health to create a support toolkit for schools and required districts to report counselor staffing to the state. However, the bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and never became law.