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Senate concurrent resolution 43 passes to highlight SREB plan for sustained crisis counseling support
Summary
The committee approved a resolution supporting an SREB plan to train and deploy school-based counselors for extended recovery after mass tragedies, with sponsors saying the plan uses the PREPaRE curriculum, aims to train 40 counselors per state and seeks to leverage SREB dues to cover start-up costs.
The Senate Standing Committee on Education unanimously approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, a measure that recognizes a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) initiative to train and coordinate school-based counselors for extended recovery support after mass tragedies and other major incidents.
Sponsor Sen. Steve West and Dr. Stephen Pruitt, president of SREB, described the initiative as a regional effort to provide stabilization and psychological first-aid in the months after a crisis — "the 3 to 370-day plan" — when local systems continue…
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