(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.
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