Public schools; mental health break spaces, regulations.
Summary
Board of Education; mental health break spaces; regulations. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require that each public school create and maintain a mental health break space within the public school building. The bill requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in the creation of regulations for the mental health break spaces.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 19, 2019
Last action Jan 27, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100340D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
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