# 119-hr-3534: Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2025

119-hr-3534, Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3534
- Congress: 119
- Title: Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

**Expand the school-based mental health workforce by funding graduate students.** This bill would create the Mental Health in Schools Excellence Program to help pay graduate students' cost of attendance when they train to become school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, or other school-based mental health providers. - Students: Participating graduate students could have up to **50% of their cost of attendance** paid when an eligible institution matches that amount. Institutions set per-student and per-year caps on their contributions. - Graduate institutions: Eligible programs must be accredited in school counseling, school psychology, or school social work, or prepare students for school-based licensure, and enter agreements specifying how they will provide grants or scholarships. - Low-income and prior Pell recipients: The Secretary must prioritize outreach to students who previously received Federal Pell Grants or attended certain identified institutions. - K-12 schools and communities: By subsidizing training, the program targets increasing the pipeline of qualified school-based mental health providers for schools.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Matched aid for grad mental health students: benefit, high. If enacted, graduate students in approved school mental health fields could get major help with costs. If your school signs up, the Department of Education could match your school's aid dollar-for-dollar, up to 50% of your cost of attendance. With a full match, school plus Department support could…
- Eligibility and school limits for mental health grads: mixed, low. If enacted, you would need to be in an eligible graduate program in school counseling, school social work, school psychology, or another approved school-based mental health field. The Department of Education would post a public list of participating schools and do outreach to former Pell Grant reci…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3534 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3534)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3534 (as of 2026-10-10).