{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-education-7-14a-04","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Education § 7–14A–04","heading":"","body":"(a) (1) The school personnel at each school shall develop a school behavioral health plan to assist students who are struggling when the school is operating under a virtual education plan that includes:\n(i) Proper assignments for all behavioral and mental health staff;\n(ii) Methods for all students to access behavioral and mental health supports, including through telehealth if necessary;\n(iii) Procedures for referral of students who are struggling to access proper behavioral and mental health supports; and\n(iv) Increased attention and care for students struggling with the emotional, behavioral, or psychological stressors of virtual education.\n(2) In establishing a behavioral health plan under this subsection, a school may use a multitiered system of supports model.\n(b) (1) (i) While a school is operating under a virtual education plan, the principal shall require a staff member to conduct regular wellness check–ins with students at least once per week.\n(ii) The principal may assign a community school coordinator, staff member, or team of staff to conduct the wellness check–ins required under this subsection.\n(2) (i) If a regular wellness check–in reveals that a student is struggling with the educational, emotional, behavioral, or psychological stressors of virtual education, the principal shall require a staff member, in accordance with subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, to:\n1. Check in with the student multiple times per week; and\n2. Develop an individual behavioral health plan consistent with the school behavioral health plan established under subsection (a) of this section.\n(ii) The principal shall arrange for a school psychologist, pupil personnel worker, school social worker, school counselor, or behavioral health specialist to perform the tasks required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.","path":["Article - Education"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ged\u0026section=7-14A-04","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:38Z","sha256":"ac2ecebbad1372338a00c2136fc638fd603ac995c7c705c35acbee9159eaaaf6","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-education-7-14a-03","next":"us-md/md.-code-education-7-14a-05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}