Michigan 2023-2024 Regular Session

Michigan House Bill HB5752

Introduced
5/30/24  

Caption

Education: school districts; student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 2022 PA 180 (MCL 388.1953).

Impact

With the implementation of HB 5752, significant changes to funding distributions and eligibility criteria for participants are expected. The bill encourages the retention of mental health professionals within school settings, particularly focusing on designated recipients who are enrolled in graduate-level programs. This targeted support aims to address pressing needs for mental health services in educational environments by ensuring that interns have financial support while contributing to public schools, particularly those designated as having critical shortages or high rates of poverty among their student populations.

Summary

House Bill 5752 aims to amend the existing law regarding the Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training (SMART) internship grant program. The bill's principal focus is to enhance the scope of this grant program aimed at supporting graduate-level mental health professionals through funded internship opportunities within public schools. One key provision allows designated recipients to receive either an hourly wage of $25 for their internship work, capped at 20 hours weekly, or a lump sum of $15,000 for completing the 30-week internship during a school year. This grant is intended to increase the attractiveness and accessibility of internship opportunities in the mental health sector while helping to fill crucial roles within the state's educational institutions.

Contention

Though the bill is aimed at improving mental health support in schools, it might also generate discussion regarding the stipulations around funding and its sufficiency to meet actual needs. There could be concerns about whether the financial support is adequate for the living costs of interns, which may impact recruitment efforts for such roles. Additionally, the requirement that selected interns commit to working in the public school system for a minimum of three years after completion of the grant obligations could be seen as both a protective measure to ensure good use of funds and a restrictive element that may deter potential candidates who desire more flexible career paths.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

MI SB2478

Relating to a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program.

MI HB4415

School aid: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the school aid act; provide for. Amends secs. 11, 31n & 97c of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 et seq.) & adds secs. 31ff, 31gg & 97g.

MI SB0845

Higher education: financial aid; qualified occupational training programs under the Michigan reconnect grant recipient act; modify. Amends sec. 13 of 2020 PA 68 (MCL 390.1713).

MI SB0719

Higher education: financial aid; requirements pertaining to certain student financial aid programs; modify. Amends secs. 248a & 256 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1848a & 388.1856).

MI HB4123

Higher education: financial aid; Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends secs. 3 & 7 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1703 & 390.1707).

MI HB6292

Education: school choice; enrollment of nonresident pupils; modify. Amends secs. 3, 6, 20, 105, 105c & 111 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1603 et seq.) & adds sec. 105d.

MI SB0083

School aid: other; future educator student teacher stipend program; modify. Amends sec. 27c of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1627c).

MI SB0995

School aid: other; future educator student teacher stipend program; modify. Amends sec. 27c of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1627c).

MI HB66

Establishing the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Program; and providing for authorization of internships, for award of internships and for funding of the Social Worker Educational Enrollment and Training Program.

MI A09292

Establishes a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; prescribes conditions for the administration of the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; requires the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations.

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