ties under the grant shall meet the regulations pro-
mulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insur-
ance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. 
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE WITH FERPA.—Section 444 
of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly 
known as the ‘Family Educational Rights and Pri-
vacy Act of 1974’) shall apply to any entity that is 
a member of the partnership in the same manner 
that such section applies to an educational agency or 
institution (as that term is defined in such section). 
‘‘(d) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments under subsection (a) will be distributed equitably 
among the regions of the country and among urban and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(e) DURATION
OF AWARDS.—With respect to a 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under sub-
section (a), the period during which payments under such 
an award will be made to the recipient shall be 5 years, 
with options for renewal. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION AND MEASURES OF OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS.—The Assist-
ant Secretary shall develop a fiscally appropriate 
process for evaluating activities carried out under 
this section. Such process shall include— 
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‘‘(A) the development of guidelines for the 
submission of program data by grant, contract, 
or cooperative agreement recipients; 
‘‘(B) the development of measures of out-
comes (in accordance with paragraph (2)) to be 
applied by such recipients in evaluating pro-
grams carried out under this section; and 
‘‘(C) the submission of annual reports by 
such recipients concerning the effectiveness of 
programs carried out under this section. 
‘‘(2) MEASURES OF OUTCOMES.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall develop measures of outcomes to be 
applied by recipients of assistance under this section 
to evaluate the effectiveness of programs carried out 
under this section, including outcomes related to the 
student, family, and local educational systems sup-
ported by this Act. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL DATA.—An eligi-
ble entity described in subsection (c) that receives a 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this 
section shall annually submit to the Assistant Sec-
retary a report that includes data to evaluate the 
success of the program carried out by the entity 
based on whether such program is achieving the pur-
poses of the program. Such reports shall utilize the 
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measures of outcomes under paragraph (2) in a rea-
sonable manner to demonstrate the progress of the 
program in achieving such purposes. 
‘‘(4) EVALUATION BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.— 
Based on the data submitted under paragraph (3), 
the Assistant Secretary shall annually submit to 
Congress a report concerning the results and effec-
tiveness of the programs carried out with assistance 
received under this section. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity shall use 
not more than 20 percent of amounts received under 
a grant under this section to carry out evaluation 
activities under this subsection. 
‘‘(g) INFORMATION
AND
EDUCATION.—The Sec-
retary shall disseminate best practices based on the find-
ings of the knowledge development and application under 
this section. 
‘‘(h) AMOUNT OF GRANTS AND AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—A grant under this 
section shall be in an amount that is not more than 
$2,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal years fol-
lowing the date of enactment of the Mental Health 
Services for Students Act of 2023. The Secretary 
shall determine the amount of each such grant based 
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on the population of children up to age 21 of the 
area to be served under the grant. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2024 through 2027.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Part G of title V of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290hh et seq.), 
as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by strik-
ing the part designation and heading and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘PART G—SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH’’. 
Æ 
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