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District details school-based mental-health expansion, Baker Act procedures and a planned district care team
Summary
Officials summarized the district—omprehensive school mental health system created since 2018, current staffing of 57 licensed mental-health professionals, Baker Act referral procedures and plans to deploy a district—are mobile crisis team by spring to supplement circuit services.
Lori Brooks and Dr. Jessica Duncan presented Lee County Schools' comprehensive school-based mental-health program on Jan. 7, tracing statutory changes since 2018, staffing and clinical procedures used when students express suicidal ideation.
Brooks outlined the evolution of state law and funding (Senate Bill 7026 and subsequent bills) that created recurring mental-health allocations and new requirements such as board-approved mental-health assistance allocation plans and annual reporting. The district uses a continuum of supports (universal prevention through intensive individualized services) and employs school counselors, social workers, psychologists and licensed mental-health professionals (LMHPs). Brooks said 57 LMHP positions are currently staffed through the mental-health assistance…
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