Bill Text: MS SB2136 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School district in-service training for student suicide prevention education; require model policy.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2136 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2136-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Education; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Wiggins
Senate Bill 2136
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-3-101 AND 37-3-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A POLICY ON STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION, TO PRESCRIBE STANDARDS FOR THE REQUIRED POLICY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO DEVELOP IN-SERVICE TRAINING STANDARDS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-3-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-3-101. (1) Each local school district shall adopt a policy on student suicide prevention. The policies shall be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professions, and suicide prevention experts, and shall, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. To assist districts in developing policies for student suicide prevention, the State Department of Education shall establish a model policy in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health for use by local school districts in accordance with this section.
(2) In the * * * 2017-2018 school year, the
State Department of Education shall require that local school districts conduct
in-service training on suicide prevention education for all * * * school
district employees. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health will be
responsible for development of the content of the training * * *. This education may be
accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials.
SECTION 2. Section 37-3-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-3-103. Beginning with
the * * *
2017-2018 school year and annually thereafter, the State
Department of Education shall require that local school districts conduct in-service
training on suicide prevention education for all newly employed * * * school
district employees. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health will be
responsible for development of the content of the training * * *. This education may be
accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
