Senate
File
378
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
378
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
training
on
suicide
awareness
and
1
prevention
for
school
personnel
and
crisis
plans
for
2
attendance
centers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
61.
Develop
or
select
programs
or
materials
3
for
suicide
awareness
and
prevention
training
required
by
4
section
272.2,
subsection
20,
and
make
such
programs
or
5
materials
available
at
no
cost
to
individuals
required
to
6
undergo
such
training.
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
62.
Provide
guidance
to
school
districts
8
regarding
the
development
and
implementation
of
attendance
9
center
suicide
awareness,
prevention,
and
response
plans
10
pursuant
to
section
279.70.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
Adopt
rules
requiring
persons
14
holding
a
license,
certificate,
authorization,
or
statement
15
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
who
provide
a
service
to
16
students
to
undergo
one
hour
of
training
on
suicide
awareness
17
and
prevention
per
calendar
year
as
a
condition
of
renewal
18
of
the
license,
certificate,
authorization,
or
statement
of
19
recognition.
A
person
may
meet
this
requirement
through
20
independent
self-review
of
training
materials
approved
by
the
21
department
of
education.
22
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.70
Attendance
center
suicide
23
awareness,
prevention,
and
response
plans.
24
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
develop
and
25
implement
an
attendance
center
suicide
awareness,
prevention,
26
and
response
plan
for
each
attendance
center
in
the
district.
27
The
plan
shall
include
procedures
for
suicide
awareness,
28
prevention,
and
response.
The
procedures
shall
include
steps
29
for
recognizing
suicide
ideation
by
a
student,
appropriate
30
methods
of
intervention
for
a
student
presenting
a
risk
for
31
suicide,
and
a
crisis
recovery
plan
for
responses
to
student
32
suicide.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
requires
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
2
adopt
rules
requiring
persons
holding
a
license,
certificate,
3
authorization,
or
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
4
who
provide
a
service
to
students
to
undergo
one
hour
of
5
training
on
suicide
awareness
and
prevention
as
a
condition
6
of
renewal
of
the
license,
certificate,
authorization,
or
7
statement
of
recognition.
The
requirement
applies
each
time
an
8
individual
seeks
renewal.
A
person
may
meet
this
requirement
9
through
independent
self-review
of
training
materials
approved
10
by
the
department
of
education.
11
The
bill
requires
school
boards
to
develop
and
implement
12
attendance
center
suicide
awareness,
prevention,
and
response
13
plans
for
each
attendance
center
in
the
school
district.
The
14
plan
must
include
procedures
for
suicide
awareness,
prevention,
15
and
response.
16
The
bill
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
17
education
to
develop
or
select
programs
or
materials
for
18
suicide
awareness
and
prevention
training
required
by
the
19
bill
and
make
such
programs
or
materials
available
at
no
cost
20
to
individuals
required
to
undergo
such
training.
The
bill
21
requires
the
director
to
provide
guidance
to
school
districts
22
regarding
the
development
and
implementation
of
attendance
23
center
suicide
awareness,
prevention,
and
response
plans
24
pursuant
to
the
bill.
25
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