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Committee hears limits on full roll‑out of high‑school mental‑health units; department recommends block grant instead
Summary
Committee members pressed department staff about implementation and funding of mental‑health units required by recent bills. The department recommended a $5 million high‑school block grant rather than immediate full implementation of years 1 and 2 of high‑school units, and included $8.4 million for elementary and middle unit growth.
Department staff told the Joint Finance Committee that funding requests tied to recent mental‑health legislation would not be fully implemented for high schools in the coming fiscal year. The presenter explained the department's recommendation to fund elementary and middle school mental‑health units for enrollment growth and provide a block grant for high schools instead of fully funding prescribed unit roll‑outs.
Kylie said the original statutory requests would fully fund elementary, middle and high school mental‑health units.…
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