| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to suicide prevention education; amending |
| 3 | s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring that district school boards |
| 4 | provide access to suicide prevention educational resources |
| 5 | to all instructional and administrative personnel as part |
| 6 | of the school district professional development system; |
| 7 | providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 1006.07, |
| 12 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 13 | 1006.07 District school board duties relating to student |
| 14 | discipline and school safety.-The district school board shall |
| 15 | provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the |
| 16 | attendance and control of students at school, and for proper |
| 17 | attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the |
| 18 | welfare of students, including: |
| 19 | (7) SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION.-Beginning with the 2010- |
| 20 | 2011 school year, provide access to suicide prevention |
| 21 | educational resources, as approved by the Statewide Office of |
| 22 | Suicide Prevention, to all instructional and administrative |
| 23 | personnel as part of the school district professional |
| 24 | development system under s. 1012.98. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |