SB  24-PUBLIC SCHOOLS: MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:17:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  RUFFRIDGE announced  that  the next  order of  business                                                               
would be  SENATE BILL NO. 24,  "An Act relating to  mental health                                                               
education; and providing for an effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:18:13 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  ELVI GRAY-JACKSON,  Alaska State  Legislature, as  prime                                                               
sponsor,  presented  CSSB 24(FIN)  and  explained  that the  bill                                                               
encouraged  mental  health  education  and  the  curriculum  that                                                               
already exists in K-12.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:18:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR ALLARD  moved to  report CSSB  24(FIN) out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There  being no objection, CSSB 24(FIN)  was reported out                                                               
of the House Education Standing Committee.