Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-222

EDU 222

Early child hood mental health consultation

Ms. Flanagan, Messrs. Moore, O'Connor and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 3000-5000 the following item: "3000-6075 For early child hood mental health consultation (ECMHC) services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from the programs; and provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed childcare providers, child care resource and referral centers and other qualified entities......$2,500,000."