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SECTION 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICE PROVIDERS.

Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''PART L--MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT SERVICE PROVIDERS

''SEC. 10993. FINDINGS.

''Congress finds the following:
''(1) Although 7,500,000 children under the age of 18
require mental health services, fewer than 1 in 5 of these
children receive the services.
''(2) Across the United States, counseling professionals
are stretched thin, and often students do not get the help the
students need. The current national average ratio of students
to counselors in elementary and secondary schools is 513:1.
''(3) United States schools need more mental health
professionals, and the flexibility to hire the professionals
that will best serve their students.
''(4) The maximum recommended ratio of--
''(A) students to counselors is 250:1;
''(B) students to psychologists is 1,000:1; and
''(C) students to social workers is 800:1.
''(5) In States like California or Minnesota, 1 counselor
typically serves more than 1,000 students. In some schools, no
counselor is available to assist students in times of crisis,
or at any other time. In Colorado, the average student-to-
counselor ratio is 645:1.
''(6) The number of students is expected to grow
significantly over the next few years. During this time, many
school-based mental health professionals who currently serve
our Nation's youth will retire. Not counting these retirements,
over 100,000 new school counselors will be needed to decrease
the student-to-counselor ratio to 250:1 by the year 2005.
''(7) The Federal support for reducing the student-to-
counselor ratio would pay for itself, through reduced
incidences of death, violence, and substance abuse, and through
improvements in students' academic achievement, graduation
rates, college attendance, and employment.

''SEC. 10993A. PURPOSE.

''The purpose of this part is to help States and local educational
agencies recruit, train, and hire 141,000 additional school-based
mental health personnel, including 100,000 additional counselors,
21,000 additional school psychologists, and 20,000 additional school
social workers over a 5-year period--
''(1) to reduce the student-to-counselor ratios nationally,
in elementary and secondary schools, to an average of--
''(A) 1 school counselor for every 250 students
''(B) 1 school psychologist for every 1,000
students; and
''(C) 1 social worker for every 800 students;
as recommended in a report by the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences relating to schools and health,
issued in 1997;
''(2) to help adequately address the mental, emotional, and
developmental needs of elementary and secondary school
students;
''(3) to remove the emotional, behavioral, and psycho-
social barriers to learning so as to enhance the classroom
preparedness and ability to learn of students;
''(4) to support school staff and teachers in improving
classroom management, conducting behavioral interventions to
improve school discipline, and developing the awareness and
skills to identify early warning signs of violence and the need
for mental health services; and
''(5) to support parents in improving the school behavior
and academic success of their children.

''SEC. 10993B. DEFINITIONS.

''In this part:
''(1) Mental health and student service provider.--The term
'mental health and student service provider' includes a
qualified school counselor, school psychologist, or school
social worker.
''(2) Mental health and student services.--The term 'mental
health and student services' includes direct, individual, and
group services provided to students, parents, and school
personnel by mental health and student service providers, or
the coordination of prevention strategies in schools or
community-based programs.
''(3) 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))
applicable to a family of the size involved.
''(4) School counselor.--The term 'school counselor' means
an individual who has documented competence in counseling
children and adolescents in a school setting and who--
''(A) possesses State licensure or certification
granted by an independent professional regulatory
authority;
''(B) in the absence of such State licensure or
certification, possesses national certification in
school counseling or a specialty of counseling granted
by an independent professional organization; or
''(C) holds a minimum of a master's degree in
school counseling from a program accredited by the
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related
Educational Programs or the equivalent.
''(5) School psychologist.--The term 'school psychologist'
means an individual who--
''(A) possesses a minimum of 60 graduate semester
hours in school psychology from an institution of
higher education and has completed 1,200 clock hours in
a supervised school psychology internship, of which 600
hours shall be in the school setting;
''(B) possesses State licensure or certification in
the State in which the individual works; or
''(C) in the absence of such State licensure or
certification, possesses national certification by the
National School Psychology Certification Board.
''(6) School social worker.--The term 'school social
worker' means an individual who holds a master's degree in
social work and is licensed or certified by the State in which
services are provided or holds a school social work specialist
credential.
''(7) State.--The term 'State' means each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

''SEC. 10993C. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

''(a) Allotments.--From the amount appropriated under section
10993H for a fiscal year, the Secretary--
''(1) shall make a total of 1 percent available to the
Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs) and the outlying areas for activities that achieve the
purposes of this part; and
''(2) shall allot to each eligible State the same
percentage of the remaining funds as the percentage the State
received of funds allocated to States for the previous fiscal
year under part A of title I, except that such allotments shall
be ratably decreased as necessary.
''(b) State-Level Expenses.--Each State may use not more than /2\
of 1 percent of the amount the State receives under this part, or
$50,000, whichever is greater, for a fiscal year, for the
administrative costs of the State educational agency in carrying out
this part.

''SEC. 10993D. STATE APPLICATIONS.

''(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive an allotment under
section 10993C, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require, including an assurance that the State will
provide the State share of the cost described in section 10993G.
''(b) Approval.--In approving the applications, the Secretary
shall, to the extent practicable, approve applications to fund, in the
aggregate, 100,000 additional counselors, 21,000 additional school
psychologists, and 20,000 additional school social workers.

''SEC. 10993E. ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

''(a) Within State Distribution.--
''(1) In general.--After using funds in accordance with
section 10993C(b), each State that receives an allotment under
section 10993C shall allocate to eligible local educational
agencies in the State the total of--
''(A) the amount of the allotted funds that remain;
and
''(B) the State share of the cost described in
section 10993G for the local educational agencies.
''(2) Allocation.--From the total described in paragraph
(1), the State shall allocate to each local educational agency
an amount equal to the sum of--
''(A) an amount that bears the same relationship to
80 percent of such total as the number of children in
poverty who reside in the school district served by the
local educational agency bears to the number of such
children who reside in all the school districts in the
State; and
''(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to
20 percent of such total as the number of children
enrolled in public and private nonprofit elementary
schools and secondary schools in the school district
served by the local educational agency bears to the
number of children enrolled in all such schools in the
State.
''(3) Data.--For purposes of paragraph (2), the State shall
use data from the most recent fiscal year for which
satisfactory data are available, except that the State may
adjust such data, or use alternative child poverty data, to
carry out paragraph (2) if the State demonstrates to the
Secretary's satisfaction that such adjusted or alternative data
more accurately reflect the relative incidence of children who
are living in poverty and who reside in the school districts in
the State.
''(b) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Child.--The term 'child' means an individual who is
not less than 5 and not more than 17.
''(2) Child in poverty.--The term 'child in poverty' means
a child from a family with an income below the poverty line.

''SEC. 10993F. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

''To be eligible to receive an allocation under section 10993E, a
local educational agency shall submit an application to the State at
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State
may require, including an assurance that the agency will provide the
local share of the cost described in section 10993G.

''SEC. 10993G. USE OF FUNDS.

''(a) In General.--A local educational agency that receives an
allocation under section 10993E shall use the funds made available
through the allocation to pay for the local share of the cost of
recruiting, hiring, and training mental health and student service
providers to provide mental health and student services, to students in
elementary schools and secondary schools, for a 1-year period.
''(b) Federal, State, and Local Shares.--
''(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost shall
be 33/3\ percent.
''(2) State share.--The State share of the cost shall be
33/3\ percent.
''(3) Local share.--The local share of the cost shall be
33/3\ percent.
''(4) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost
may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
plant, equipment or services.

''SEC. 10993H. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''To carry out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated
$340,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.''.
A:
Directs the Secretary of Education, after reserving certain funds for schools in outlying areas and schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make program allotments to States according to a specified formula. Requires States to allocate Federal and State shares of program costs to LEAs according to specified formulas. Sets forth requirements for State and LEA applications and LEA use of funds. Requires Federal, State, and local shares of program costs to each equal one-third, but allows State and local shares to be in cash or in kind.
Authorizes appropriations.