Louisiana public schools will be able to give annual mental health screenings to students in grades K-12 with their parents’ consent under a bill advancing through the state Legislature, despite ...

North Lawrence Community Schools in Bedford, Indiana was among five districts to receive funding and support from Butler University to sustain in-school social emotional and mental health programs.

In order to help the school-based mental health workforce, Indiana Sen. Todd Young and two Senate colleagues have reintroduced the Mental Health Excellence in Schools Act.

The $1 billion in grants for school-based mental health programs were part of a sweeping gun violence bill signed by President Joe Biden in 2022 in response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Federal cuts and a lack of dedicated mental health funding from the state could erode programs to address chronic absenteeism ...