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Relating to school district protocols for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention and the identification of adverse childhood experiences and strategies to mitigate toxic stress response
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa school districts would be required to update their suicide prevention and mental health plans at least every five years. These plans must include ways to help students who are at a higher risk for suicide and provide specific steps for intervention. The rules also require schools to address how childhood stress affects students.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that protocols for suicide prevention and postvention and the identification of adverse childhood experiences and strategies to mitigate toxic stress response adopted by school districts shall specifically address the needs of students who are at higher risk for suicide than the general student population. The bill provides that such protocols must also include suicide intervention. The bill requires that school districts review and, if necessary, update the protocols at least every five years.
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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