Hawaii Senate Bill 2010

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-17 - Referred to EDU/CPN, WAM.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires each public school and public charter school in the State to employ, or retain under contract, at least one mental health professional for every two hundred fifty students enrolled, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Department of Education to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025. Appropriates funds for the Department of Education to contract for mental health professionals and to establish an unspecified number of full-time equivalent mental health professional positions within the Department of Education.

Relating To Education.

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Kurt Fevella [R]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]
Sen. Henry Aquino [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17	Senate	Referred to EDU/CPN, WAM.
2024-01-17	Senate	Introduced and passed First Reading.
2024-01-10	Senate	Pending Introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2010&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2010_.HTM