Assisting School Mental Health Professionals Through Work Study Act of 2021
Summary
Assisting School Mental Health Professionals Through Work Study Act of 2021 This bill adds assisting school-based mental health professionals to the list of community services in which undergraduate, graduate, and professional students may participate under the Federal Work-Study Program. Specifically, the bill revises the definition of community services to include activities in which the student assists a mental health professional with appropriate tasks (e.g., administrative assistance) so long as the professional is (1) a school-based mental health services provider, or (2) an overseer of a school-based mental health services provider.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 29, 2021
Last action Jul 29, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
Jul 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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