House Bill 1190 establishes the Master’s League Athlete Mindset Advantage Pilot Program for the 2026-2027 school year. The program is designed to support student-athletes’ mental performance, emotional wellness, and resilience through mandatory mindset and wellness sessions, coordinated support services, and collaboration among mental health professionals, coaches, physicians, and athlete mentors. The bill frames the initiative as a preventative model intended to help student-athletes manage stress, strengthen coping skills, improve performance readiness, and support overall well-being.
The pilot would be available to three specified Winston-Salem/Forsyth County high schools: West Forsyth High School, Ronald Wilson Reagan High School, and Mount Tabor High School. Participating schools would provide at least eight mindset sessions per academic year, with sessions led by mental health professionals and optional one-on-one support available with parental approval. The bill also requires anonymous surveys to measure outcomes such as self-reported mental health improvement, use of outside mental health resources, and coping or emotional regulation strategies, with aggregated results reported to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.
HB1190 appropriates $180,000 in nonrecurring funds for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Public Instruction for a directed grant to The Master’s League Foundation for Boys, Inc. Those funds may be used for program implementation, professional services, coordination, athlete mentor support, evaluation, administrative costs, and up to $30,000 for an off-site facility. The act would become effective July 1, 2026.
The bill’s impact on state law is limited and targeted: it creates a new, temporary pilot program rather than a statewide mandate, and it directs state funds to a private nonprofit partner to administer services in selected public schools. It also adds reporting requirements to the local school system and oversight review by the legislature, which could inform future expansion or changes if the pilot is continued.
There is little recorded public debate in the available materials, and no votes are listed, so overall sentiment cannot be measured from committee action or floor history. Based on the bill’s structure, the proposal appears generally supportive of student mental health and athletic wellness, but potential points of contention may include the use of state funds for a nonprofit-run program, the mandatory nature of participation for student-athletes at participating schools, parental consent for individual sessions, and whether a pilot serving only three schools is the best use of appropriated funds.
HB1190 creates a new, school-based pilot program in North Carolina focused on student-athlete mental wellness and resilience, and it appropriates $180,000 in nonrecurring state funds to implement it through a directed grant administered by the Department of Public Instruction. The bill affects public schools in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County by authorizing participation at three named high schools and requiring program reporting, survey collection, and legislative oversight. It does not broadly amend existing education statutes, but it establishes a new temporary program framework and funding mechanism for a private nonprofit partner working with public schools.
The available record shows no committee transcript, vote tally, or recorded opposition, so there is no documented legislative debate to gauge sentiment directly. The bill’s stated purpose—supporting student-athlete mental health, coping skills, and performance readiness—suggests a generally favorable policy framing, especially around wellness and prevention. At the same time, the absence of recorded discussion means any support or concern is inferred from the bill’s design rather than from explicit statements by lawmakers.
No specific objections are documented in the provided materials, but the bill could raise several likely points of contention. These include whether state funds should be directed to a private foundation, whether mandatory mindset sessions for all student-athletes are appropriate, whether the program’s benefits justify a pilot limited to three schools, and whether the use of an off-site facility and one-on-one support with parental approval are sufficiently defined. Questions may also arise about evaluation methods, privacy protections for survey data, and whether the program should be expanded statewide if successful.