New York A 6402: Relates to the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program

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A06402 Summary:

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Establishes a student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; prescribes conditions for the administration of the student mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship grant program; requires the promulgation of necessary rules and regulations.

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03/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6402

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a student
 mental health apprenticeship retention and training (SMART) internship
 grant program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 319. Student mental health apprenticeship retention and training
 4 (SMART) internship grant program. 1. As used in this section, the
 5 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 6 (a) "Debt or expenses repayment" means debt or expenses connected to a
 7 recipient's student loans.
 8 (b) "Department" means the department of education.
 9 (c) "Designated recipient" means an individual who is enrolled in, and
 10 in good standing at, as determined by the program, a graduate-level
 11 mental health professional program maintained by an institution of high-
 12 er education located in this state or out-of-state, which includes a
 13 department-approved school counselor education or preparation program
 14 maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state
 15 or out-of-state, school social worker education or preparation program
 16 maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state
 17 or out-of-state, or school psychology education or preparation program
 18 maintained by an institution of higher education located in this state
 19 or out-of-state that offers designations, a focus, or special certif-
 20 ications in the provision of school mental health services, and who is
 21 working toward obtaining any of the following:
 22 (i) a license to practice social work pursuant to article one hundred
 23 fifty-four of this chapter;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 (ii) a school counseling endorsement issued by the department on their
 2 teaching certificate;
 3 (iii) a school psychologist; or
 4 (iv) a school social worker.
 5 (d) "Extenuating circumstance" means a circumstance determined by the
 6 department in consultation with the designated recipient to whom the
 7 circumstance applies or who is impacted by the circumstance.
 8 (e) "Field supervisor", "field instructor", or "supervisor" means an
 9 individual who supervises an eligible designated recipient and to whom
 10 the following apply, as applicable:
 11 (i) For an individual who is supervising, as described in this subdi-
 12 vision, a designated recipient who is working toward obtaining a prelim-
 13 inary school psychologist certificate, or a school psychologist certif-
 14 icate, the individual providing supervision maintains a school
 15 psychologist certificate during the supervision.
 16 (ii) For an individual who is supervising, as described in this subdi-
 17 vision, a designated recipient who is working toward obtaining temporary
 18 or full school social worker approval, the individual providing super-
 19 vision maintains full school social worker approval during the super-
 20 vision.
 21 (iii) For an individual who is supervising a designated recipient who
 22 is working toward obtaining a school counselor license, a preliminary
 23 school counselor credential, or a school counselor