Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1138
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-01233-12                                           20121138__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to continuing education or inservice
    3         training for public school personnel; creating s.
    4         1012.583, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of
    5         Education to develop recommendations to incorporate
    6         instruction in suicide prevention into continuing
    7         education or inservice training requirements;
    8         requiring the Department of Education to incorporate
    9         the recommendations into existing requirements;
   10         authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt
   11         rules; providing an effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 1012.583, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         1012.583 Continuing education or inservice training in
   18  suicide prevention.—
   19         (1) The Legislature recognizes the importance of educating
   20  public school personnel in the prevention of youth suicide and
   21  providing public school personnel with access to suicide
   22  prevention educational resources.
   23         (2) The Commissioner of Education shall develop
   24  recommendations to incorporate instruction in suicide prevention
   25  into continuing education or inservice training requirements for
   26  instructional and administrative personnel. These
   27  recommendations shall include, but are not limited to,
   28  instruction regarding the use of available state and local
   29  educational resources that promote awareness about, and
   30  prevention of, youth suicide.
   31         (3) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the
   32  Department of Education shall incorporate the recommendations of
   33  the commissioner into existing requirements for the continuing
   34  education or inservice training of instructional and
   35  administrative personnel. The requirements of this section may
   36  not add to the total hours required for continuing education or
   37  inservice training as currently established by the department.
   38         (4) The State Board of Education may adopt rules pursuant
   39  to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this section.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.