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USDB committee amends and approves suicide-prevention policy after line-by-line revisions
Summary
After line-by-line review, the committee amended wording (training requirements, terminology, data-driven language, protective factors and reentry language), clarified SafeUT’s role as advisory and approved the suicide-prevention policy on first reading to forward to the board.
The USDB standing committee completed detailed, clause-by-clause revisions and approved a revised suicide-prevention policy on March 17, forwarding draft 1 as amended to the full board for second and final reading.
Key changes adopted included replacing past-tense phrasing in section 4.12 so required professionals 'must be' trained, changing 'caring school climate' to 'supportive school environments' (6.1), and narrowing a data paragraph in 6.2 to require professional development 'based on current data.' Members removed 'agitation' and 'intoxication' as stand-alone triggers and instead focused on 'overt risk factors such as the act of…
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