Enact the Student Wellness Act

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Enact the Student Wellness Act

To enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code to allow school districts to count mental health days as excused absences and to name this act the Student Wellness Act.

What This Bill Does

• To enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code to allow school districts to count mental health days as excused absences and to name this act the Student Wellness Act.

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Official Summary Text

To enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code to allow school districts to count mental health days as excused absences and to name this act the Student Wellness Act.

Current Bill Text

As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 330

2025-2026

Senator Blackshear

Cosponsors: Senators Smith, DeMora,
Liston

To
enact section 3321.044 of the Revised Code
to
allow school districts to count mental health days as excused
absences and to name this act the Student Wellness Act.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 3321.044 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
3321.044.
A
school district board of education may adopt a policy that permits
the district to count a student's mental health day as an excused
absence. The policy shall include all of the following:

(A)
A definition for what qualifies as a mental health day;

(B)
A limit on the number of mental health days a student may take each
school year;

(C)
A method to determine whether the student will receive or be referred
to school health or support services.

Section
2.
This
act shall be known as the Student Wellness Act.