Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act has not moved since its introduction on May 21, 2026, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedMay 21, 2026
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 41 words.
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act This bill directs the Department of Education to award formula grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to increase access to school-based, mental-health-services providers at high-need public elementary and secondary schools.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Policy area
- Education: 22 of 3,602 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.6%)
- Sponsor
- 10 of 507 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,689 words
- Latest action
- May 21, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 8979 Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]