Compulsory Education Law (Amendment – Social Worker or Educational Psychologist in an Educational Institution in a Locality Near the Border) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposal adds a section to the Compulsory Education Law requiring every educational institution located in a community near the border (communities part or all of which are within up to 9 kilometers of the Lebanese border or up to 7 kilometers of other borders/the system fence around Gaza) to employ a social worker or educational psychologist. The worker or psychologist will be present at the institution for no less than 10 hours a week. The proposal is based on the assumption that residents of these areas have experienced and are experiencing security harms and mental distress that require professional support in the learning environment.