Mandates additional state education funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to 2% of the district’s total expenditures, and require those funds be used to hire staff such as school social workers, and behavioral specialists.

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EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT - Mandates additional state education funding for the mental and behavioral health of students equal to 2% of the district’s total expenditures, and require those funds be used to hire staff such as school social workers, and behavioral specialists.

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D · PrimeJenni Azanero Furtado
D · CoMary Messier
D · CoRebecca Kislak
D · CoMaryann Shallcross-Smith
D · CoEarl Read
D · CoTerri-Denise Cortvriend
D · CoJulie Casimiro
D · CoSusan Donovan
D · CoWilliam O'Brien
D · CoJennifer Stewart

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