§ 7-14A-04

Maryland § 7-14A-04

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article ged: Education
• Title: 7

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(a) (1) The school personnel at each school shall develop a school behavioral health plan to assist students who are struggling when the school is operating under a virtual education plan that includes:

(i) Proper assignments for all behavioral and mental health staff;

(ii) Methods for all students to access behavioral and mental health supports, including through telehealth if necessary;

(iii) Procedures for referral of students who are struggling to access proper behavioral and mental health supports; and

(iv) Increased attention and care for students struggling with the emotional, behavioral, or psychological stressors of virtual education.

(2) In establishing a behavioral health plan under this subsection, a school may use a multitiered system of supports model.

(b) (1) (i) While a school is operating under a virtual education plan, the principal shall require a staff member to conduct regular wellness check–ins with students at least once per week.

(ii) The principal may assign a community school coordinator, staff member, or team of staff to conduct the wellness check–ins required under this subsection.

(2) (i) If a regular wellness check–in reveals that a student is struggling with the educational, emotional, behavioral, or psychological stressors of virtual education, the principal shall require a staff member, in accordance with subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, to:

1. Check in with the student multiple times per week; and

2. Develop an individual behavioral health plan consistent with the school behavioral health plan established under subsection (a) of this section.

(ii) The principal shall arrange for a school psychologist, pupil personnel worker, school social worker, school counselor, or behavioral health specialist to perform the tasks required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.