Act 55 added Section 1305.1-B to the PA Public School Code, requiring the School Safety and Security Committee to develop and distribute a new survey instrument to measure mental health services in school entities (i.e., school districts; intermediate units; area career and technical schools; and charter, regional charter and cyber charter
schools).

Highlights of the recently released Survey of School Mental Health Services has shown:
• 738 eligible school entities submitted applications as of the August 31st deadline in PCCD’s Egrants system

• Data extraction occurred on Sept. 7th
• 495 School Districts out of 500 responded (99% response rate)
• 149 Charter Schools out of 181 responded (82%)
• 66 Career and Technical Centers out of 74 responded (92%)
• 28 Intermediate Units out of 29 responded (97%)
• 91% of respondents that said their school entity offers mental health education in the classroom or school-wide programming.
• The survey was part of the School Mental Health & Safety and Security
Grant application.

Click on the link below to review the report: FY22-23 School Mental Health Survey Results, released by the School Safety and Security Committee (SSSC) & the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) in September 2022.

Click here for the report.

Source: PCCD’s School Safety and Security Committee: Survey of School Mental Health, September 2022.