It comes as suicide rates for young people are rising.
Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel anxious or depressed enough to want a day off from work or school?
Now, in recognition of increasing rates of anxiety and depression in young people, some states and school districts are offering students that opportunity. And in some places, students themselves have pushed for the change in policy. Oregon and Utah are allowing students to take off for mental-health reasons, and there are legislative proposals to do the same in California, New York and Florida. In addition, the Montgomery County school district in Virginia recently decided to allow students to cite mental health for an excused absence.
The first state to address the issue with student mental-health days was Minnesota, in 2009, when it passed a bill saying excused absences could be given for mental-health conditions that require treatment.
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