Senate Study Bill 3020 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SINCLAIR) A BILL FOR An Act requiring that public schools include the telephone 1 number for the national suicide prevention line on student 2 identification cards and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5705XC (3) 88 je/jh

S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.72 Student identification cards 1 —— suicide prevention information. 2 A public school that issues identification cards to students 3 shall include on either side of the identification card the 4 national suicide prevention telephone number. 5 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to student 6 identification cards issued on or after the effective date 7 of this Act. A school that has a supply of unused student 8 identification cards shall use that supply prior to complying 9 with the requirements of this Act relating to student 10 identification cards. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill requires public schools to include on either side 15 of identification cards issued to students the national suicide 16 prevention telephone number. 17 The bill applies to student identification cards issued on 18 or after the effective date of the bill. A school that has a 19 supply of unused student identification cards shall use that 20 supply prior to complying with the requirements of the bill. 21 -1- LSB 5705XC (3) 88 je/jh 1/ 1