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Mental‑health, McKinney‑Vento and after‑school advocates ask Legislature to fund counselors, MTSS and liaisons
Summary
Mental‑health and community‑services advocates told the subcommittee Texas needs new recurring funds to keep counselors, MTSS and McKinney‑Vento liaisons in schools as federal grants wind down.
A broad coalition of mental‑health, homelessness and after‑school advocates told the Article III subcommittee that federal pandemic funds that supported regional school mental‑health programs and McKinney‑Vento liaison activities are expiring and that the state should backfill successful programs with recurring funding.
Why it matters: Students’ access to counselors, multi‑tiered systems of support (MTSS) and community partnerships affects attendance, behavioral health outcomes and the ability of schools to prevent crises. Advocates and providers told the subcommittee underinvestment limits access to services and causes fragile programs to end when federal grants expire.
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