1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Support Act . 2. School-based mental health and student service providers (a) In general Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 3 School-Based Mental Health and Student Service Providers 4131. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has found that 1 in 6 children (ages 2 to 8) has a diagnosable mental disorder and 1 in 10 children and adolescents suffer from mental illness severe enough to cause some level of impairment. However, 75 to 80 percent of children in need of mental health services do not receive needed treatment. The short- and long-term consequences of untreated childhood mental disorders are costly, in both human and fiscal terms. (2) Thirty-seven percent of students with a mental health condition age 14 and older drop out of school—the highest dropout rate of any disability group. (3) Fifty percent of all lifetimes cases of mental illness begin by the age of 14 and 75 percent by age 24. (4) In June 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for all pediatricians to screen children and adolescents for mental illness and substance use. (5) Just over half (50.6 percent) of children with a mental health condition aged 8–15 received mental health services in the previous year. (6) African Americans and Hispanic Americans each use mental health services at about one-half the rate of Caucasian Americans and Asian Americans at about one-third the rate. (7) School counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, other qualified psychologists, and child and adolescent psychiatrists are critically needed to help these children and to provide a variety of crucial support services as 70–80 percent of children and adolescents who receive mental health services access these services in school settings. (8) Across the United States, there are insufficient resources for school-based counseling