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EXPLANATION: create a school safety task force
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 344, after line 15, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (SDE: School Safety Task Force)
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 multi-tiered systems of
support.
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.
Vacancies in the membership of the
task force must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired
term in the manner of original appointment. Members of the task
force shall serve without compensation and may not receive
mileage or per diem.
The staffing for the task force
shall be provided by the staff of the House Education and Public
Works Committee and Senate Education Committee.
The task force shall make a report
of its findings and recommendations concerning proposed changes
to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2013. Any
recommendations made by the task force must be revenue neutral.
Upon delivery of its findings and recommendations the task force
shall be dissolved./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.