Summary
This bill creates targeted state grants for high-need New York public schools to hire counselors, social workers, psychologists, attendance staff, and career-readiness coordinators. It focuses on absenteeism, mental health, and post-school outcomes, while requiring annual public reporting and preventing districts from replacing existing local funding with the new aid.
Full text
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: the State Education Department shall establish a targeted grant program for high-need public school districts and schools, prioritizing communities with elevated chronic absenteeism, student mental health referrals, and low career-placement or postsecondary transition rates, to support the hiring of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, attendance intervention staff, and career-readiness coordinators, including partnerships for internships, technical education, and workforce advising; grant recipients shall submit annual public reports on staffing, attendance improvement, student engagement, and career-readiness outcomes, and funds under this act shall supplement, not supplant, existing local education spending.
Sponsor
Leon PattersonDemocratic Party
Cosponsors
- Shane EmersonDemocratic Party
- Tom CallahanDemocratic Party
- Marcus DonovanDemocratic Party
- Kendra RosarioDemocratic Party