| 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. |
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| 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. |