Fewer Memphis students are showing up to mental health assemblies. This state law may be to blame.
Memphis leaders say most students don't return the permission slips now required by state law to attend anti-suicide and bullying events. (Ariel Cobbert/Chalkbeat)
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MSCS Mental Health Director Donna Goings said attendance at suicide and bullying prevention trainings fell by two-thirds last year. That’s because most students don’t return parent permission slips required by a 2024 state law.
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Bri Hatch
Bri Hatch covers Memphis-Shelby County Schools for Chalkbeat Tennessee. Hatch spent the past two years in Baltimore covering all-things education for WYPR, the city’s local NPR station, as a Report for America Corps Member.
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