HJR40 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Feb 23, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Alan BakerRepresentative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: Supporting the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Crisis Recovery Support Network
Summary: This bill expresses Alabama's support for the SREB Crisis Recovery Support Network to provide long-term, region-wide counseling after crises.
What This Bill Does
It expresses support for the SREB Crisis Recovery Support Network. The network would collaborate with governors' offices, state education agencies, local districts, and postsecondary institutions to provide sustained counseling after disasters. It would deploy counselors with specialized training to schools in extreme need and hire a coordinator for the network, covering travel costs for training and deployment. It aims to complement existing crisis management by focusing on long-term healing and psychological resilience.

Who It Affects
Students and school staff in districts affected by crises would receive long-term mental health and counseling support.
Rural districts and schools with fewer counselors would benefit from external counselors and regional coordination to support recovery.

Key Provisions
Expresses support for the SREB Crisis Recovery Support Network.
SREB will collaborate with governors’ offices, state education agencies, local districts, and postsecondary institutions.
Network focuses on long-term healing and psychological resilience by deploying counselors with specialized training to schools in extreme need.
A coordinator for the network will be hired.
Travel costs for counselors during training and deployment will be covered.
The network will complement existing school and district crisis management efforts and aim for region-wide, ready-to-deploy counseling capacity after a crisis is managed.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Resolutions