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Committee backs requirement for brief, recurring youth suicide-prevention training for school staff
Summary
Senate Bill 369 would require at least one hour of youth suicide awareness and prevention training for school employees every three years (with flexibility on delivery and no-cost options). The House Education Committee adopted an amendment clarifying the training timing and advanced the bill.
Senate Bill 369, presented to the House Education Committee by Sen. Mike Yakawich, would require school employees to receive youth suicide awareness and prevention training at least once every three years. The sponsor described the bill as a collaborative measure drafted with the Office of Public Instruction (OPI), the State Board of Public Education and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). The bill’s amendment narrows the timing to one hour every three years rather…
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