Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee K12 would now come to order. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Okay. Okay. A quorum is present. Thank you again. Good afternoon. Today the subcommittee will be hearing several bills and we ask the members of patrons if there are any. There may be one patron who's here to. Please just keep your remarks concise. We'll move efficiently through the agenda once you're called. But anyway, at this point, at this time, the chair will now call on the first bill. And since Nabar is here, we're going to ask House Bill 1113 from Navarre to please come up. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to present House Bill 1113. This bill addresses student mental health, one of the most urgent and growing challenges in Virginia schools. Research has also shown that students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds face additional barriers when accessing mental health support, barriers that schools are often best positioned to address. So this bill is targeting student mental. Is a targeted student mental health bill that directs the Department of Education to develop statewide guidance to help local school boards adopt policies for culturally responsive…