Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 66, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-66-40.
(A)(1) There is created a school
safety task force to:
(a)
examine the various funding streams for school-based
mental health services and determine how these streams may best
be utilized in order to provide more accessible and efficient
delivery of mental health programs;
(b)
examine school mental health staffing ratios and provide
suggestions that allow for the full delivery of services and
effective school-community partnerships, including collaboration
between school districts;
(c)
develop standards for district level policies to promote
effective school discipline and mental health intervention
services;
(d)
examine current intra- and interagency collaboration and
suggest ways to improve cooperation; and
(e)
examine how to best support multitiered systems of
support.
(2)
Any recommendations made by the task force must be revenue
neutral.
(3)
The task force shall report its findings and make
recommendations concerning proposed changes to the General
Assembly.
(B) The task force must
be composed of:
(1)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina School Counselor Association;
(2)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Association of School Psychologists;
(3)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Association of School Social Workers;
(4)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy;
(5)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Association of School Administrators;
(6)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina School Boards Association;
(7)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Department of Mental Health
(8)
one member appointed by the South
Carolina Association of School Resource Officers;
(9)
one member appointed by the Chief of
the State Law Enforcement Division;
(10)
one member appointed by the Governor;
(11)
one member appointed by the State Superintendent of
Education;
(12)
two members appointed by the Chairman of the House
Education and Public Works Committee; and
(13)
two members appointed by the Chairman of the Senate
Education Committee.
(C) Vacancies in the
membership of the task force must be filled for the remainder of
the unexpired term in the manner of original appointment.
(D) Members of the task
force shall serve without compensation and may not receive
mileage or per diem.
(E) The staffing for
the task force must be provided by the staff of the House
Education and Public Works Committee and Senate Education
Committee.
(F) The task force
shall make a report of its recommendations to the General
Assembly no later than December 31, 2013, at which time the task
force must be dissolved."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.