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Pinellas board approves $5 million mental health assistance allocation plan
Summary
The Pinellas County School Board on July 29 approved the district's 2025-26 mental health assistance allocation plan, a state-required submission for $5 million in categorical funds; the district noted it already spends about $28 million on student mental health.
The Pinellas County School Board voted 7-0 on July 29 to approve the district's 2025-26 mental health assistance allocation plan, a state-required submission that requests $5,000,000 in categorical funding from the Florida Department of Education.
The plan is one component of the district's broader mental health spending. "This is, you know, $5,000,000 of the $28,000,000 that you all have supported and allocated for our students' mental health," said Donna Sicilian, executive director of student services, at the board meeting, adding that the approved plan will be…
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