One major goal is to “normalize” so-called “mental health care” for children and adolescents, explained Democrat State Senator Laura Fine, the chief sponsor of the bill. “The screenings will be designed to catch the early signs of anxiety, depression or trauma before it becomes a crisis or, in some cases, sometimes too late,” she said.
The exact details of the program will be worked out by the state board of education over the next year. Before September 2026, the bureaucracy is supposed to create “guidance” on the screenings, referrals for follow ups by mental-health professionals, and protecting the privacy of student data. Parents can opt out under the bill, for now. It all begins in 2027.
Celebrated actress and author Sam Sorbo, a prominent advocate of home education and a vocal critic of government schools, told The Newman Report that the new mental-health testing regime was a recipe for disaster. “Our schools have become even more dangerous than before,” she warned.
“Instead of working to improve academic results in our schools, they seek to delve into the personal, private, intimate details of their young charges, potentially learning key information to use against them or to groom them at some later date,” continued Sorbo, whose most recent book is Parents’ Guide to Homeschool: Making Education Easy and Fun.
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