Title: Requires Mental Health Education and Training for All Certified Staff
Title: Requires Mental Health Education and Training for All Certified Staff
Vote to concur with house amendments and finally pass a bill that requires mental health education and training for all certified staff, and for 40% of classified staff who work directly with students.
Repeals the term “common” and replace “use” with “abuse” for purposes of that instruction requirement regarding mental health education (Sec. 2).
Requires the department of education to recommend best practices and identify training programs for use by local educational agencies serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 6 to address youth behavioral health for those pupils (Sec. 2).
Requires local educational agencies serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12,to certify to the department that 40% of its classified employees and 100% of its certificated employees have received the above-described youth behavioral health training (Sec. 3 ).
Prohibit the training in youth behavioral health to be a condition of employment or hiring (Sec. 4).
require that health area of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, to also include instruction on mental health (Sec. 4).
Title: Requires Mental Health Education and Training for All Certified Staff
Title: Requires Mental Health Education and Training for All Certified Staff
Title: Requires Mental Health Education and Training for All Certified Staff