Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term best practices means a technique or methodology that, through experience and research related to professional practice in a school-based mental health field, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result. The term eligible graduate institution means an institution of higher education that offers a program of study that leads to a masters or other graduate degree— in school psychology that is accredited or approved by the National Association of School Psychologists' Program Approval Board or the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association and that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school psychology; in school counseling that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school counseling; in school social work that is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school social work; in another school-based mental health field that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in such field, if applicable; or in any combination of study described in subparagraphs
(A)through (D). The term eligible partnership means— a partnership between 1 or more low-income local educational agencies and 1 or more eligible graduate institutions; or in any region in which local educational agencies may not have a sufficient elementary school and secondary school student population to support the placement of all participating graduate students, a partnership between a State educational agency, on behalf of 1 or more low-income local educational agencies, and 1 or more eligible graduate institutions. The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ), but excludes any institution of higher education described in section 102(a)(1)(C) of such Act. The term local educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term low-income local educational agency means a local educational agency— for which not less than 20 percent of the students served by such agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line as determined by the Bureau of the Census on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available; and that, as of the date of application for a grant under this Act, has ratios of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists to students served by the agency that are not more than 1 school counselor per 275 students, not more than 1 school psychologist per 770 students, and not more than 1 school social worker per 250 students. The term participating eligible graduate institution means an eligible graduate institution that is part of an eligible partnership awarded a grant under section 3. The term participating graduate means an individual who— has received a masters or other graduate degree in a school-based mental health field from a participating eligible graduate institution and has obtained a State license or credential in the school-based mental health field; and as a graduate student of a school-based mental health field, was placed in a school served by a participating low-income local educational agency to complete required field work, credit hours, internships, or related training as applicable. The term participating low-income local educational agency means a low-income local educational agency that is part of an eligible partnership awarded a grant under section 3. The term school-based mental health field means each of the following fields: School counseling. School social work. School psychology. Any other field of study that leads to employment as a school-based mental health services provider. The term school-based mental health services provider has the meaning given the term in section 4102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7112 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. The term State educational agency has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term student support personnel target ratios means the ratios of school-based mental health services providers to students recommended to enable such personnel to effectively address the needs of students, including— at least 1 school counselor for every 250 students (as recommended by the American School Counselor Association and American Counseling Association); at least 1 school psychologist for every 500–700 students (as recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists); and at least 1 school social worker for every 250 students (as recommended by the School Social Work Association of America). The term unaccompanied youth has the meaning given such term in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434a ).
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