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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8979

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act

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Introduced 2026-05-21Topic: education

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act This bill directs the Department of Education to award formula grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to increase access to school-based, mental-health-services providers at high-need public elementary and secondary schools.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-05-21HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.refer
2026-05-21Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-05-21Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-22. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.