Sec. 4004. Elementary school and secondary school counseling programs
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Title IV ( 20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ), as amended by section 4001, is further amended by inserting after part B the following: The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities to enable such agencies to establish or expand elementary school and secondary school counseling programs that comply with the requirements of subsection (c). In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall— give special consideration to applications describing programs that— demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional counseling services among children in the schools served by the eligible entity, in part by providing information on current ratios, as of the date of application for a grant under this section, of students to school counselors, students to school social workers, and students to school psychologists; propose promising and innovative approaches for initiating or expanding school counseling; and show strong potential for replication and dissemination; and give priority to— schools that serve students in rural and remote areas; schools in need of improvement and schools that are the persistently lowest achieving schools; or schools with a high percentage of students aged 5 through 17 who— are in poverty, as counted in the most recent census data approved by the Secretary; are eligible for a free or reduced priced lunch under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ); are in families receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act; or are eligible to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program. In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution among the regions of the United States and among eligible entities located in urban, rural, and suburban areas. A grant under this section shall be awarded for a period not to exceed 3 years.
A grant awarded under this section shall not exceed $400,000 for any fiscal year. Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each application for a grant under this section shall— describe the school population to be targeted by the program, the particular counseling needs of such population, and the current school counseling resources available for meeting such needs; include the information described in subparagraphs
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(D)of section 4104(b)(4), with respect to the grant under this part; document that the eligible entity has personnel qualified to develop, implement, and administer the program; and document how the eligible entity will engage in meaning consultation with parents and families in the development of such program. Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this part shall use grant funds to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive, evidence-based, school counseling programs through activities which incorporate evidence-based practices, such as— the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program to meet the counseling and educational needs of all students; increasing the range, availability, quantity, and quality of counseling services, provided by qualified school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, and other qualified school-based mental health service providers, in the elementary schools and secondary schools of the eligible entity; the implementation of innovative approaches to increase children’s understanding of peer and family relationships, peer and family interaction, work and self, decisionmaking, or academic and career planning; the implementation of academic, postsecondary education and career planning programs; the initiation of partnerships with community groups, social service agencies, or other public or private non-profit entities in collaborative efforts to enhance the program and promote school-linked integration of services, as long as the eligible entity documents how such partnership supplements, not supplants, existing school-employed school-based mental health service providers and services, in accordance with subsection (f); the implementation of a team approach to school counseling in the schools served by the eligible entity by working toward ratios of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists to students recommended to enable such personnel to effectively address the needs of students; and any other activity determined necessary by the eligible entity that meets the purpose of this part Not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available under this section for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs to carry out this section. Not later than 2 years after assistance is made available to eligible entities under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make publicly available a report— evaluating the programs assisted pursuant to each grant under this section; and outlining the information from eligible entities regarding the ratios of students to— school counselors; school social workers; and school psychologists. Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds used for providing school-based counseling and mental health services to students. In this section: The term eligible entity means— a local educational agency; an educational service agency serving more than 1 local educational agency; or a consortium of local educational agencies. The term school-based mental health service provider has the meaning given the term in section 4102. The term school counselor means an individual who meets the criteria for licensure or certification as a school counselor in the State where the individual is employed. The term school psychologist means an individual who is licensed or certified in school psychology by the State in which the individual is employed. The term school social worker means an individual who is licensed or certified as a school social worker for the State in which the individual is employed. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021. .
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