SF 2081 (LSB 5705SV (2) 88)

SENATE FILE 2081

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3020)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the inclusion of the telephone and text numbers for the your life Iowa program on public school student identification cards and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.72  Student identification cards —— suicide prevention information.
   A public school that issues identification cards to students in grades seven through twelve shall include on either side of the identification card the your life Iowa crisis telephone and text numbers. A public school that issues identification cards to students in grades five and six may include on either side of the identification card the your life Iowa crisis telephone and text numbers.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A school that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of this Act relating to student identification cards.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires public schools to include on either side of identification cards issued to students in grades seven through twelve the your life Iowa crisis telephone and text numbers. The bill authorizes a public school that issues identification cards to students in grades five and six to do so as well.
   The bill applies to student identification cards issued on or after the effective date of the bill. A school that has a supply of unused student identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying with the requirements of the bill.