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Relating to the health education requirement for grades nine through twelve under the education standards
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 14, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 26, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 adds mental health awareness, coping skills, and suicide prevention to the subject matter that must be included in the unit of health education which school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must offer and teach in grades 7-12.
Changed since by amendment S-3011; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 14, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
- Sen. Amy Sinclair REmail
- Sen. Jerry Behn R
- Sen. J. Smith
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