l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2269

Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES IN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS; TO DEFINE TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER PER 250 STUDENTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDERS TO CREATE A TRAUMA-INFORMED TEAM FOR EACH SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS REPORT THE NUMBER AND PLACEMENT OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN THE DISTRICT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-9-80, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO CREATE A TOOLKIT TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 12 to February 2, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days

EducationJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 12 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published