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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 35, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, page 418, after line 28, by adding a new paragraph at the end appropriately numbered to read:
/ 35. __ (DMH: School Safety Task
Force) (A) Of the funds appropriated
to the Department of Mental Health, there is created a school
safety task force to:
(1)
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;
(2)
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;
(3)
develop standards for district level
policies to promote effective school discipline and mental
health intervention services;
(4)
examine current intra- and interagency
collaboration and suggest ways to improve cooperation; and
(5)
examine how to best support multitiered
systems of support.
(B)
The task force is 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 Officer;
(9)
one member appointed by the Chief of the
State Law Enforcement Division;
(10)
one member appointed by the Governor;
(11)
one 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 in the manner of original appointment.
(D)
Members of the task force shall serve without
compensation and may not receive mileage, subsistence, 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)
Any recommendations made by the task force must be
revenue neutral.
(G)
The task force shall make a report of its
recommendations to the General Assembly no later than December
31, 2014, at which time the task force is dissolved. /.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.