Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2442
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and mental-wellness training.
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 MENTAL-WELLNESS APPROACHES IN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS; TO DEFINE MENTAL-WELLNESS 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 MENTAL-WELLNESS TEAM FOR EACH SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO 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 MENTAL-WELLNESS 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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.