The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 340 Original 2020 Regular Session Ward
Proposed law provides for the state Department of Education to develop and implement a pilot
program to provide an annual mental health screening to each student in participating school
systems.
Proposed law requires each school system participating in the pilot program to arrange for an
external performance evaluation to be conducted at the conclusion of each full year of the pilot
program to assess the effectiveness of the program. Further requires the Department of Education,
at the end of the pilot period, to conduct a review of each external performance evaluation conducted
in each participating school system and provide a report to the state Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education on the success of the pilot program.
Proposed law requires the department to provide a written report to the Senate Committee on
Education and the House Committee on Education recommending whether the program should be
implemented on a statewide basis.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Enacts R.S. 17:24.10)