Sec. 4. Programs to promote mental health among the education workforce
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Subpart 1 of part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294n et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 764A ( 42 U.S.C. 294t ) the following: The Secretary shall award grants or contracts to eligible entities to establish or enhance evidence-based or evidence-informed programs dedicated to improving mental health and resiliency for education professionals and other school staff. To be eligible to receive a grant or contract under this subsection, an entity shall be a State educational agency, a local educational agency, an institution of higher education, or a consortia thereof.
A recipient of a grant or contract under this subsection shall use funds received through the grant or contract to implement a new program or enhance an existing program to promote mental health among education professionals and other school staff, which may include— improving awareness among education professionals and other school staff about risk factors for, and signs of, suicide and mental health or substance use disorders, in accordance with evidence-based or evidence-informed practices; establishing new, or enhancing existing, evidence-based or evidence-informed programs for preventing suicide and improving mental health and resiliency among education professionals and other school staff; establishing new, or enhancing existing, peer-support programs among education professionals and other school staff; or providing mental health care, follow-up services and care by a licensed or certified mental health professional (including by means of telehealth), or a referral for such care or services by a licensed or certified mental health professional, as appropriate.
In awarding grants and contracts under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities in areas with a high percentage of schools receiving financial assistance under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Secretary may establish a program to award grants to institutions of higher education, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, State or local governments, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities (or consortia of entities, including entities promoting multidisciplinary approaches) to support the inclusion in educator preparation programs (including administrator preparation programs), and in training, continuing education, or professional development programs for education professionals and other school staff, of evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies— to address mental and substance use disorders; and to improve mental health and resiliency among education professionals and other school staff.
A grant or contract awarded under subsection
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(b)shall be for a period of 3 years. An entity seeking a grant or contract under subsection
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(b)shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. An entity awarded a grant or contract under subsection
(a)or
(b)shall submit to the Secretary an annual report evaluating the activities supported by the grant or contract. In this section: The term institution of higher education has the meaning given to such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The terms local educational agency and State educational agency have the meanings given to such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028. .
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