1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Best practices The term best practices means a technique or methodology that, through experience and research related to professional practice in a school-based mental health field, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result. (2) Eligible graduate institution The term eligible graduate institution means an institution of higher education that offers a program of study that leads to a masters or other graduate degree— (A) in school psychology that is accredited or approved by the National Association of School Psychologists' Program Approval Board or the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association and that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school psychology; (B) in school counseling that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school counseling; (C) in school social work that is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in school social work; (D) in another school-based mental health field that prepares students in such program for the State licensing or certification examination in such field, if applicable; or (E) in any combination of study described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). (3) Eligible partnership The term eligible partnership means— (A) a partnership between 1 or more low-income local educational agencies and 1 or more eligible graduate institutions