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SB00019 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sen. Stephen G. Harding, 30th Dist.
Last action
2026-02-27
Official status
Public Hearing 03/05
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text contains a blank line where the dollar amount should be, meaning the specific funding level is not yet determined in this version.

Funding for School Mental Health Services in Certain Rural Areas

This bill sets aside money from the General Fund to help pay for school-based mental health services in rural areas of northwest Connecticut.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates a specific dollar amount from the state's General Fund, though the exact number is not yet filled in.
  • Sends funds to the Department of Education for use during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
  • Targets school-based mental health services in rural areas within the northwest part of the state.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Education
  • Schools located in certain rural areas of the northwest part of the state

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact dollar amount to be funded is not listed because it appears as a blank line in the bill text.
  • The bill does not specify which specific schools or districts will receive the funds beyond describing them as rural areas in northwest Connecticut.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/05

  2. 2026-02-20 APP

    Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing

  3. 2026-02-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations

Official Summary Text

To offset decreases in federal funding for school-based mental health services in the northwest part of the state.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LCO No. 203 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 19
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 203

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of ____ dollars be appropriated to the Department of 1
Education, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2
2027, for school -based mental health services in rural areas in the 3
northwest part of the state. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To offset decreases in federal funding for school -based mental health
services in the northwest part of the state.