A proposal that recently cleared the House Education Committee would consider mental health days as excused absences for Pennsylvania students. If passed, House Bill 1519 grants students up to three mental health days per year under the umbrella of excused absences under the state’s truancy codes. The number of students reporting poor mental health is […]
Your View: Helping students with mental health issues is as important as any other aspect of education and the Pennsylvania Legislature is to be congratulated for putting money in the most recent budget to address the need, the author asserts.