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2018 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII K-20 EDUCATION CODE
Chapter 1012 PERSONNEL Entire Chapter
SECTION 583
Continuing education and inservice training for youth suicide awareness and prevention.
F.S. 1012.583
1012.583 Continuing education and inservice training for youth suicide awareness and prevention.—
(1) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention and suicide prevention experts, shall develop a list of approved youth suicide awareness and prevention training materials that may be used for training in youth suicide awareness and prevention for instructional personnel in elementary school, middle school, and high school. The approved list of materials:
(a) Must include training on how to identify appropriate mental health services and how to refer youth and their families to those services.
(b) May include materials currently being used by a school district if such materials meet any criteria established by the department.
(c) May include programs that instructional personnel can complete through a self-review of approved youth suicide awareness and prevention materials.
(2) A school that chooses to incorporate 2 hours of training offered pursuant to this section shall be considered a “Suicide Prevention Certified School.” The training must be included in the existing continuing education or inservice training requirements for instructional personnel and may not add to the total hours currently required by the department. A school that chooses to participate in the training must require all instructional personnel to participate.
(3) A school that participates in the suicide awareness and prevention training pursuant to this section must report its participation to the department. The department shall keep an updated record of all Suicide Prevention Certified Schools.
(4) A person has no cause of action for any loss or damage caused by an act or omission resulting from the implementation of this section or resulting from any training required by this section unless the loss or damage was caused by willful or wanton misconduct. This section does not create any new duty of care or basis of liability.
(5) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this section.
History.—s. 32, ch. 2016-237.