MA S290

Bill

To prioritize violence prevention and social emotional health in school support staff hiring

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to prioritize violence prevention and social emotional health in school support staff hiring. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to prioritize violence prevention and social-emotional health in the hiring of school support staff. It establishes a ratio of no more than one full-time equivalent school resource officer or other security personnel for every seven full-time equivalent mental and social-emotional health support personnel, such as school adjustment counselors, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists. The bill also requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to collect data on the number of mental and social-emotional health support personnel compared to the number of school resource officers and security personnel, as well as the sources of funding used to employ or staff these personnel.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (8)

Sonia Chang-Díaz (D)*, Mike Barrett (D), Jo Comerford (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Jack Lewis (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2756 (on 03/14/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S290

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S290
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S290.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2014	Requiring human service employers to develop and implement programs that prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a study order, see H5233	Similar To
H2465	Requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a new draft, see H4574	Similar To
S1303	Relative to establishing a model school policy on suicide prevention	Accompanied a study order, see S2977	Similar To
S1563	Relative to firearms and firearms violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2762	Similar To
S1603	Requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2766	Similar To
S1634	Relative to disclosures and the prevention of domestic violence	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2756	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to education issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

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