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Relating to protocols and school employee training relating to suicide prevention and the identification of adverse childhood experiences and strategies to mitigate toxic stress response and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 educationMental health & addiction
Same legislation: HF 2521
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires the department of education to develop protocols necessary to implement current statutory requirements for school districts to adopt protocols for suicide prevention and postvention and the identification of adverse childhood experiences and strategies to mitigate toxic stress response. The bill applies the statutory requirements to accredited nonpublic schools. The bill requires that the protocols developed by the department address student needs relating to suicide, including the needs of students with suicidal tendencies, students who have expressed thoughts about suicide, and students reentering school after a mental health crisis.
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The bill also requires that the protocols be based on nationally recognized, research-based best practices. The bill requires the department to provide initial protocols to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in time for implementation in the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and requires the board of education to adopt emergency rules to do so. The bill repeals existing requirements for similar training in school districts. The requirements shall continue to apply until the conclusion of the school year beginning July 1, 2019. The bill takes effect upon enactment.3.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.
House subcommittee
Named January 27, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§280.31
Amends§256.7
Repeals§279.70
Lobbying
19 for · 1 against · 14 undecided · Who →
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