Schools adopt a step-by-step behavioral-health referral process

What happened

The board adopted one districtwide process for identifying behavioral-health concerns, notifying families, triaging need, connecting students with services, and checking back afterward.

Why it matters to families

Students should have a clearer path to help instead of relying on different informal practices at each school. The policy gives extra attention to foster youth, students experiencing homelessness, students with disabilities, LGBTQ+ students, and substance-use concerns.

The evidence

The June policy requires annual needs reviews, quarterly site checks of referral volume and response times, defined crisis and non-crisis pathways, parent notification, service handoffs, follow-up checks, and annual reporting on measures such as time to first contact and ten-day follow-up completion.

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