Sec. 5. Future designation study
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The Secretary shall conduct a study to identify a formula for future designation of regions with a shortage of school-based mental health services providers to use in implementing grant programs and other programs such as the programs established under this Act or for other purposes related to any such designation. The formula described in subsection
(a)shall be based on the latest available data regarding an area served by a low-income local educational agency on— the number of residents under the age of 18 in such area; the percentage of the population of such area with incomes below the poverty line; the percentage of residents age 18 or older in such area who have earned secondary school diplomas; the percentage of students in such area who are identified as eligible for special education services; the youth crime rate in such area; the current number of full-time-equivalent and active school-based mental health services providers employed by the low-income local educational agency in such area, in the aggregate and disaggregated by profession; the number of students in such area in military families with parents in the Armed Forces (including the National Guard and Reserves) who have been alerted for deployment, are currently deployed, or have returned from a deployment in the previous school year; and such other criteria as the Secretary considers appropriate. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).