Hawaii Senate Bill 64

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-16 - Referred to EDU/CPN, WAM.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Beginning with the 2027-2028 school year, requires each public school in the State, including charter schools, to employ, or retain under contract, at least 1 mental health professional for every 250 students enrolled, subject to certain conditions. Requires the Department of Education to submit a progress report to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2026. Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education to contract for mental health professionals and to establish an unspecified number of fulltime equivalent mental health professional positions within the Department of Education. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.

Relating To Education.

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Kurt Fevella [R]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Brandon Elefante [D]
Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-16	Senate	Referred to EDU/CPN, WAM.
2025-01-15	Senate	Introduced and passed First Reading.
2025-01-08	Senate	Pending Introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=64&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB64_.HTM