H.R. 665·Elementary Experienced
A Bill to Embed Mental Health Clinicians in Title I Elementary Schools
Rep. Wong (D-HI)
Places at least one licensed clinician in every Title I elementary school by 2030.
Sec. 1 — Mandate
Every Title I elementary school shall house at least one licensed mental health clinician on staff by FY30.
Sec. 2 — Telehealth Backstop
Rural schools may meet the requirement with HHS-approved telehealth access at a 1:400 ratio.
Sec. 3 — Funding
$4.2 billion over 5 years.
Sec. 4 — Enforcement
HHS and Department of Education joint compliance review.
Tournament Prep
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 665 — A Bill to Embed Mental Health Clinicians in Title I Elementary Schools
- Funding source
- $4.2B over 5 years from SAMHSA + ED.
- Timeline
- Compliance by FY30.
- Tight — clinician pipeline limited; telehealth carve-out is the safety valve.
- Enforcing agency
- HHS + Department of Education.
- Yes — joint authority under Bipartisan Safer Communities Act precedent.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Loss of Title I and BSCA mental-health funds.
- Source citation
- CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2023) — cdc.gov.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:05 (65s)
Strongest counter-argument
Schools shouldn't be the country's mental-health system.
Your pre-emptive answer
They already are. CDC (2023) found 70% of youth who receive any mental-health care receive it at school. The question isn't whether schools deliver this — it's whether they do it adequately.