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SENATE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
216)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
training
on
suicide
prevention
and
1
trauma-informed
care
for
school
personnel.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
63.
In
coordination
with
the
department
3
of
public
health
and
stakeholders,
including
but
not
limited
4
to
mental
health
professionals,
school
administrators,
school
5
nurses,
and
guidance
counselors,
select
qualified
programs
for
6
the
training
of
school
personnel
on
suicide
prevention
and
7
trauma-informed
care
as
required
by
section
272.2,
subsection
8
19.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
the
10
following
new
subsection:
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
19.
Adopt
rules
requiring
individuals
12
applying
for
renewal
of
a
license,
certificate,
authorization,
13
or
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
who
provide
a
14
service
to
students
to
undergo
training
on
suicide
prevention
15
and
trauma-informed
care
prior
to
each
renewal.
For
purposes
16
of
this
subsection,
“trauma-informed
care”
means
services
17
that
are
based
on
an
understanding
of
the
vulnerabilities
18
and
triggers
of
individuals
who
have
experienced
trauma,
19
recognize
the
role
trauma
has
played
in
the
lives
of
those
20
individuals,
recognize
the
presence
of
trauma
symptoms
and
21
their
onset,
are
supportive
of
trauma
recovery,
and
avoid
22
further
traumatization.
23
EXPLANATION
24
This
bill
requires
the
board
of
educational
examiners
25
to
adopt
rules
requiring
individuals
applying
for
renewal
26
of
a
license,
certificate,
authorization,
or
statement
27
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
who
provide
a
service
28
to
students
to
undergo
training
on
suicide
prevention
and
29
trauma-informed
care
prior
to
each
renewal.
The
requirement
30
applies
each
time
an
individual
seeks
renewal.
31
The
bill
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
32
education,
in
coordination
with
the
department
of
public
33
health
and
stakeholders,
including
but
not
limited
to
mental
34
health
professionals,
school
administrators,
school
nurses,
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and
guidance
counselors,
to
select
qualified
programs
for
the
1
training
required
by
the
bill.
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