{"id":676632,"date":"2021-08-23T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=676632"},"modified":"2021-08-23T17:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T21:51:05","slug":"students-across-multiple-states-push-for-mental-health-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-across-multiple-states-push-for-mental-health-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"Students across multiple states push for mental health accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudents-across-multiple-states-push-for-mental-health-accommodations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=676632&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2498586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2498586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Octavio Jones\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:49 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Following more than a year of online schooling and increased mental health issues among children and young adults, several states have taken action to protect mental health. The state of Kentucky has been the latest to see students spearhead efforts to bring awareness to the high stress and mental health crisis circulating in schools today.<\/p>\n<p>One Kentucky high school student went on to explain, \u201cI know a lot of kids, high schoolers and teenagers were having a little bit of mental health problems with COVID-19 and not being able to see their friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many schools across the country have established specific guidelines, which laid out how many days of school a child was allowed to miss. A bipartisan proposal put forward by Rep. Bobby McCool (R-Ky.) and Rep. Lisa Willner (D-Ky.) argued local school districts\u2019 attendance policies should include a provision allowing excused absences due to mental or behavioral health issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBipartisan is critical. It\u2019s not Democrat or Republican,\u201d McCool asserted. \u201cIt\u2019s about mental health and the wellbeing of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The best legislative solutions come from ppl closest to the problem.  <\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colebutcher5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@colebutcher5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kameron61390935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kameron61390935<\/a>, student mental health champions from Johnson Co HS and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/duPontManual?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@duPontManual<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BR185?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BR185<\/a> \u2013 student-led, urban-rural, &amp; bipartisan. Excused absences for student MH days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNhiy6HztN\">https:\/\/t.co\/UNhiy6HztN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lYFi5YuwSx\">pic.twitter.com\/lYFi5YuwSx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa Willner (@lgwillner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lgwillner\/status\/1428779437659770886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the bill didn\u2019t specify how districts should address mental health in their policies. That legislation was filed for the session beginning in January.<\/p>\n<p>In just the last two years, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Oregon and Virginia all passed such legislation. Some states such as Utah have followed their lead.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Utah unanimously passed their version of this practice. Utah Rep. Mike Winder (R) gave credit to today\u2019s youth by saying although they were tough, sometimes they needed the flexibility to be able to be tough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMental illness is in the code, but there is a difference with mental health. All of us have mental health just like we all have physical health,\u201d he stated. \u201cNot all of us are diagnosed with mental illness, but that doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t need a day sometimes when we are at the breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The pandemic has tested children&#8217;s mental health like never before. And as they head <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackToSchool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackToSchool<\/a>, students&#8217; feelings are complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Learn how parents can promote children&#8217;s mental wellness as they return to the classroom: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eRSazJMxlm\">https:\/\/t.co\/eRSazJMxlm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNICEF USA (@UNICEFUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNICEFUSA\/status\/1429906795783467015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once again, the legislations genesis was sparked by someone outside of politics, Winder\u2019s daughter. Many lawmakers argued while students could easily come up for a reason for an excused absence, such as a cold or cough, they believed children should be able to speak up and destigmatize mental health.<\/p>\n<p>However, there has been a debate over how these days should be used and unless expressly specified by state or school districts, could be broadly interpreted.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/russian-police-arrest-media-freedom-protestors\/\">Russian Police Arrest Media Freedom Protestors<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida. 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