{"id":24114,"date":"2018-04-18T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24114"},"modified":"2018-04-23T05:07:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T11:07:22","slug":"social-worker-approved-for-each-esu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24114","title":{"rendered":"Social worker approved for each ESU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senators approved a proposal April 18 to place a social worker in each of the state\u2019s 17 educational service units to aid students with behavioral and mental health problems.

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Sen. Lynne Walz<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n

Introduced by Fremont Sen. Lynne Walz, LB998 creates a fund for a collaborative school behavioral and mental health program. Once the initiative receives $3.6 million in funding, each ESU or the ESU coordinating council may hire a social worker who would train teachers and school personnel and work with parents, schools, behavioral and mental health care providers and other resources to connect students with services. <\/p>\n

As amended on select file, the program\u2019s funding is limited to private donations, and the program ends in 2022. <\/p>\n

Social workers hired under the program may use screening and assessment tools to identify students in need of services and assist in matching students with appropriate health care providers.<\/p>\n

The coordinating council will solicit annual program plans from each ESU, identify evidence-based best practices in interventions for students, coordinate training for social workers and other school personnel and complete annual evaluations of the program. It also will create and maintain a statewide map of behavioral and mental health services. <\/p>\n

Each school district with which a social worker interacts is required to designate a contact person for that social worker at each school in the district.<\/p>\n

As amended on select file, 26-5, both public and private schools may participate in the program, and the state Department of Education will administer the fund.<\/p>\n

The bill passed on a vote of 31-15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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