APPARENTLY WE CANNOT TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN KIDS!! GET WASHINGTON OUT OF CLASSROOMS!!The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it is awarding $12.3 million to 35 school districts in 17 states to expand mental health services to elementary school students.
CNS News reported the DOE news release regarding the grants:
Research shows that having adequate counseling services can help reduce the number of disciplinary referrals in schools, improve student attendance and academic performance, and enhance development of social skills.Funds also may be used to support parental involvement, counselor and teacher professional development, and collaboration with community-based organizations that provide mental-health and other services to students.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, “These grants will enhance school-based counseling programs, which have proven to be a great source of help for students with mental-health issues.”
California is home to 11 of the school districts that will receive grant funds. Two of the school districts are in Connecticut where the Sandy Hook shootings took place. The full list of school districts receiving the grants is located at the DOE website.
CNS News reported that the grants announced on Friday were already anticipated prior to the Sandy Hook shootings. Following the tragedy, however, Obama reportedly called for additional support for mental health services in schools.
In January, President Obama issued 23 gun violence executive orders. Accompanying hisgun control plan were other proposals, among them a plan for a Comprehensive School Safety program which would provide $150 million to school districts and law enforcement agencies to hire up to 1,000 school resource officers, school psychologists, social workers, and counselors.
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