To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include student assistance to certain mental health professionals as community services under the Federal work-study program.
Assisting School Mental Health Professionals Through Work Study Act of 2021
This bill adds assisting school-based mental health professionals to the list of community services in which undergraduate, graduate, and professional students may participate under the Federal Work-Study Program.
Specifically, the bill revises the definition of community services to include activities in which the student assists a mental health professional with appropriate tasks (e.g., administrative assistance) so long as the professional is (1) a school-based mental health services provider, or (2) an overseer of a school-based mental health services provider.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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