HB 112 — PUBLIC SCHOOL WELLNESS ROOM PILOT PROJECT

HOUSE BILL 112 56TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Pamelya Herndon 6This 8document 10may ANincorporate ACTamendments RELATINGproposed TOby PUBLICa SCHOOLS;committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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"[NEW MATERIAL] BUILDING STUDENT RESILIENCY PILOT PROJECT--WELLNESS ROOM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS--APPLICATIONS-- REPORTING AND EVALUATION--CREATING A FUND.-- A.

u [ (1) "school district" includes charter .223545.1 schools;

and (2) "wellness room" means a room or an area that provides HECº some privacyprivacy»HEC HECºspace»HEC for students who need to release emotional, mental and behavioral stress by resting and relaxing.

"Building student resiliency" is created as a six-year pilot project in public schools that provides one or more student wellness rooms in elementary, middle and high schools to measure the effects of access to a calming environment to self-regulate emotional, mental and behavioral h g stress on student resiliency and student outcomes, including o t hr academic gains, lower truancy rates, more engagement in class g e i k and school, better stress responses and improved coping skills h r i s h and improvement in overall behavioral health.

The pilot shall , t, e u g be grounded in national neuroscience and physiology research, e b l e e h social and emotional learning and the critical need to address en td 17d i = = o h the epidemic of children traumatized by adverse childhood w l n] db 18,d i a º e r i = r experiences.

Building student resiliency will also show that =t =e 19w d m a ln o when schools provide resources and supports such as wellness id a e r 20 rooms, the benefits radiate beyond individual students to a t m m: 21 classrooms and the school as a whole.

b e d s º o t n = .223545.1AIC February 28, 2023 (4:52pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e 22l C.u [ A d rooms, the benefits radiate beyond individual students to classrooms and the school as a whole.

BuildingC. student resiliency recognizes that the c e s k 23 needs at individual schools are different and there is no e a n b 24 perfect model or one-size approach.

HECºBuilding student resiliency recognizes that the needs at individual schools are different and there is no perfect model or one-size approach.»HEC The pilot project shall be u [ administered by the department and shall provide the funding .223545.1 - 2 - for applicants to design and set up wellness rooms with input from students and school personnel as well as other public schools that currently have wellness rooms.

HECº The department shall select up to forty applications for the pilot project.project.»HEC D.

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(1) whether the school district currently h g provides wellness rooms in any of its elementary, middle or o t hr high schools and the measure of their success;

g e i k (2) the proposed conceptual design of the h r i s h wellness room, including:

, t, e u g (a) how the wellness room will be e b l e e h staffed by students, school personnel, other professionals or en td 17d i = = o h l ] b ,d volunteers;

wi la nº de 18r i = r (b) whether school personnel will be =t =e 19w d m a ln o given a salary differential for staffing the wellness room;

id a e r 20 (c) whether the wellness room is a t m m: 21 targeted to particular grades;

db r e 22d (d)s whetherº ao studentt mayn self-refer= or.223545.1AIC cFebruary e28, 2023 (4:52pm) s k 23m needse a- referral3 from- e a teachern ore otherd schoolr personnele tol eu a[ nA bd 24(c) enterwhether the wellness room;room is targeted to particular grades;

u(d) [whether (e)a timestudent andmay visitself-refer limitationsor andneeds anya .223545.1referral -from 3a -teacher servicesor toother beschool providedpersonnel into enter the wellness room;

(e) time and visit limitations and any services to be provided in the wellness room;

h g (6) descriptions of targeted professional o t hr development for teachers and other school personnel or training g e i k for students and volunteers needed to identify and refer h r i s students or monitor and assist students while in the wellness h , t, e u g room;

and e tb 17l e e h (7) any other information required by the w l n d 18d i = = o h department to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of =l =] 19b ,d i a lº e r i = r wellness rooms statewide.

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In evaluating applications and selecting pilot ad t m m: 21 project participants, the department shall:

db r e 22d (1)s giveº preferenceo tot publicn schools= that.223545.1AIC cFebruary e28, 2023 (4:52pm) s k 23m havee - 4 - e a highn percentagee ofd studentsr ate riskl ofu failure;[ A d project participants, the department shall:

and(1) egive preference to public schools that have a nhigh bpercentage 24of (2)students giveHECº preferenceat torisk geographicof andfailure»HEC uHECºwho [are demographicfrom representationlow-income andfamilies, proportionalare representationEnglish oflanguage .223545.1learners, -are 4disabled, -are elementary,high-risk middlestudents andor have a high schoolspercentage inof applicationsNative accepted.American students»HEC ;

and (2) give preference to geographic and demographic representation and proportional representation of elementary, middle and high schools in applications accepted.

TheHECºThe department, with the assistance of public schools that already have wellness rooms, shall design the data collection system for use by all building student resiliency schools.schools.»HEC HECºBeginning August 30, 2024 and by August 30 of each subsequent year of the pilot project, participating school districts shall report to the h department on the success of the wellness rooms, g o t hr consistent with the manner and form requested by the g e i k department.»HEC Data HECºin the report»HEC shall be h r i s h disaggregated as determined by the department but shall ensure , t, e u g that no student is personally identifiable HECºin violation of e b l e e h the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of n d d i = = o h 1974»HEC .

Data shall be disaggregated as determined by the department but shall ensure that no student is personally identifiable in violation of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

l ] b ,d i a º e r i = r (1) number of visits in total and per student t e w d m a n o visits;

(2)d them number: of referrals by teachers, counselors, social workers, coaches, nurses, librarians or other school personnel;

b e d s º o t n = .223545.1AIC February 28, 2023 (4:52pm) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (2) the number of referrals by teachers, counselors, social workers, coaches, nurses, librarians or other school personnel;

(4) services, if any, provided to students e t 17 visiting the wellness room;