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House requires two hours of suicide-prevention training for certificated school employees
Summary
First substitute HB 501 requires two hours of professional development on suicide warning signs for certificated school employees each license-renewal cycle. Backers cited local tragedies and data on teen suicide; the House passed the measure 65–4.
The Utah House on March 2 approved a bill, first substitute House Bill 501, that requires two hours of professional-development training for certificated school employees to identify warning signs of youth suicide and to make appropriate referrals.
Representative Rebecca Hutchings, sponsor of the bill, told the chamber the training is intended to fit within existing professional-development cycles and to give…
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