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High school students tell Senate panel schools need more mental health supports and transportation
Summary
Students from Meadowdale Career Technology Center testified to the Senate Health Committee about mental health, addiction, domestic violence and the stressors driving youth crisis. They asked lawmakers to fund prevention, peer supports and alternatives to incarceration for youth with substance use and trauma histories.
Kevin O'Donnell introduced a group of Meadowdale Career Technology Center students who read prepared testimony to the Senate Health Committee about youth mental health, addiction, domestic violence and school safety.
"These young people behind me have a more stressful day than I ever had when I was in high school," O'Donnell said, and he highlighted transportation cuts that force students to take…
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