Schools would get funding to hire mental health specialists [CabinetReport.com]
As part of the Legislature’s ongoing effort to improve mental health services to K-12 students, lawmakers are considering setting aside $15 million a year to fund a pilot program to help schools hire their own specialists. AB 254 by Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, is intended to close gaps in the ‘whole child’ approach to education. “Given the inextricable relationship between education and health, if the State of California seeks to lead in education we must also focus on the...