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‘‘(2) CHILD IN POVERTY.—The term ‘child in 
poverty’ means a child from a family with an income 
below the poverty line. 
‘‘(3) MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICE 
PROVIDER.—The term ‘mental health and student 
service provider’ means a qualified individual who 
provides mental health and student services, includ-
ing any individual who is a qualified school coun-
selor, a qualified school psychologist, or a qualified 
school social worker. 
‘‘(4) MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
STUDENT
SERV-
ICES.—The term ‘mental health and student serv-
ices’ includes direct, individual, and group services 
provided to students, parents, and school personnel 
by mental health and student service providers, and 
the coordination of prevention strategies in schools 
or community-based programs. 
‘‘(5) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’ 
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and revised annually in 
accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli-
cable to a family of the size involved. 
‘‘(6) SCHOOL COUNSELOR.—The term ‘school 
counselor’ means an individual who has documented
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competence in counseling children and adolescents in 
a school setting and who— 
‘‘(A) possesses State licensure or certifi-
cation granted by an independent professional 
regulatory authority; 
‘‘(B) possesses national certification in 
school counseling or a specialty of counseling 
granted by an independent professional organi-
zation; or 
‘‘(C) holds a minimum of a master’s de-
gree in school counseling from a program ac-
credited by the Council for Accreditation of 
Counseling and Related Educational Programs 
or the equivalent. 
‘‘(7) 
SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGIST.—The 
term 
‘school psychologist’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) possesses a minimum of 60 graduate 
semester hours in school psychology from an in-
stitution of higher education and has completed 
1,200 clock hours in a supervised school psy-
chology internship, of which 600 hours shall be 
in a school setting; 
‘‘(B) possesses State licensure or certifi-
cation in school psychology in the State in 
which the individual works; or
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‘‘(C) possesses national certification by the 
National School Psychology Certification Board. 
‘‘(8) SCHOOL
SOCIAL
WORKER.—The term 
‘school social worker’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) holds a master’s degree in social work 
from a program accredited by the Council on 
Social Work Education; 
‘‘(B) is licensed or certified by the State in 
which services are provided; or 
‘‘(C) possesses a national credential or na-
tional certification as a school social work spe-
cialist granted by an independent professional 
organization. 
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘SEC. 5548. SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND STU-
DENT SERVICE PROVIDER GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this chapter, 
the Secretary shall make grants to eligible States to assist 
local educational agencies in those States in hiring addi-
tional school-based mental health and student service pro-
viders.
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‘‘(b) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—From the total 
amount appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this 
chapter, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) make available 1 percent of such amount 
to the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for 
activities that carry out the purposes of this chapter; 
and 
‘‘(2) make available in the form of grants to 
each eligible State an amount equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 50 percent of such total amount as 
the number of children in poverty who reside in 
the State bears to the number of such children 
in all States; and 
‘‘(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 50 percent of such total amount as 
the number of children enrolled in public and 
private nonprofit elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools in the State bears to the number 
of children enrolled in all such schools in all 
States. 
‘‘(c) MINIMUM GRANT.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b), no grant under this section shall be for an amount 
less than $1,000,000.
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‘‘(d) REALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall reallocate 
to States that have received approval under subsection 
(e)(2) any funds allocated under subsection (b) to a State 
that fails to submit an application that is approved by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION BY STATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this chapter, a State shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—The Secretary may not ap-
prove an application under this subsection unless the 
State submitting the application— 
‘‘(A) presents a plan, which the Secretary 
considers to be reasonable, under which the 
State will make grants, in accordance with the 
purposes of this chapter, to local educational 
agencies to fund the hiring of additional school 
counselors, school psychologists, and school so-
cial workers; and 
‘‘(B) provides an assurance that the State 
will provide the matching amount required 
under subsection (g). 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS BY STATE.—