Senate
File
296
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
296
BY
DONAHUE
,
BISIGNANO
,
DOTZLER
,
KNOX
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
CELSI
,
GIDDENS
,
JOCHUM
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
WAHLS
,
QUIRMBACH
,
BOULTON
,
PETERSEN
,
and
WEINER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
school
personnel
training
concerning
1
mental
health.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.70,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
By
July
1,
2024,
the
board
of
directors
3
of
a
school
district
shall
require
annual,
evidence-based
4
training
on
educator
mental
wellness
and
self-identification
5
and
mitigation
of
negative
mental
health
symptoms
for
6
all
school
personnel
who
hold
a
license,
certificate,
7
authorization,
or
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
8
of
educational
examiners
and
who
have
regular
contact
with
9
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve.
The
training
10
shall
take
place
within
the
first
sixty
days
of
the
beginning
11
of
a
school
calendar,
and
the
content
of
the
training
shall
12
be
based
on
nationally
recognized
best
practices.
The
state
13
board
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
14
determine
the
qualifications
required
of
a
person
who
conducts
15
training
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
By
July
1,
2024,
the
board
of
directors
17
of
a
school
district
shall
require
annual,
evidence-based
18
training
on
student
social
and
emotional
wellness
and
the
19
identification
and
mitigation
of
negative
mental
health
20
symptoms
in
students
for
all
school
personnel
who
hold
21
a
license,
certificate,
authorization,
or
statement
of
22
recognition
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
and
23
who
have
regular
contact
with
students
in
kindergarten
through
24
grade
twelve.
The
training
shall
take
place
in
January
or
25
February,
and
the
content
of
the
training
shall
be
based
26
on
nationally
recognized
best
practices.
The
state
board
27
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
28
determine
the
qualifications
required
of
a
person
who
conducts
29
training
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
public
school
personnel
training
34
concerning
mental
health.
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The
bill
requires
each
board
of
directors
of
a
school
1
district
by
July
1,
2024,
to
require
annual,
evidence-based
2
training
on
educator
mental
wellness
and
self-identification
3
and
mitigation
of
negative
mental
health
symptoms
for
4
all
school
personnel
who
hold
a
license,
certificate,
5
authorization,
or
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
6
of
educational
examiners
and
who
have
regular
contact
with
7
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
12.
The
bill
makes
8
a
similar
requirement
for
training
on
student
social
and
9
emotional
wellness
and
the
identification
and
mitigation
of
10
negative
mental
health
symptoms
in
students.
The
content
of
11
each
type
of
training
must
be
based
on
nationally
recognized
12
best
practices.
The
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
education
13
to
adopt
rules
to
determine
the
qualifications
required
of
a
14
person
who
conducts
each
type
of
training.
15
The
bill
requires
training
on
educator
mental
wellness
to
16
take
place
within
the
first
60
days
of
the
beginning
of
a
17
school
calendar,
and
training
on
student
social
and
emotional
18
wellness
to
take
place
in
January
or
February.
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