• SB 619

  • 2020
  • Richmond
  • Virginia
  • United States of America
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Teacher licensure; completion of mental health first aid program.

Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations related to teacher licensure to require that every person seeking initial licensure complete a Mental Health First Aid training or similar program and every person seeking renewal of a license complete an online module on mental health developed or approved by the Department of Education. The bill requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop or approve one or more online modules on mental health by November 30, 2020.

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02/06/2020 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107763D-S1 Open
01/07/2020 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104685D Open
  • Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107763D-S1
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2020 SESSION


    

20107763D

    SENATE BILL NO. 619
    


    AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
    


    (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
    


    on February 6, 2020)
    


    (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Deeds)
    

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
22.1-298.6, relating to certain school board employees; mental health awareness
training required.


    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
    


    1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section
numbered 22.1-298.6 as follows:
    


    � 22.1-298.6. Mental health awareness training.
    


    A. Each local school board shall adopt and implement
policies that require each school board employee deemed to be in need of such
training to complete mental health awareness training once every 10 years.
    


    B. The Department of Education shall make available to each
school board employee identified in accordance with subsection A mental health
awareness training and may contract with the Department of Behavioral Health
and Developmental Services, an institution of higher education, a community
services board, a behavioral health authority, a nonprofit organization
experienced in behavioral health and teen suicide prevention, or a certified
trainer as defined in � 37.2-312.2 to provide such training.
    


    C. Any school board employee identified in accordance with
subsection A who completes mental health awareness training provided by the
local school division will have met the requirements of subsection A.

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    R. Creigh Deeds D-Richmond Sponsor
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    Date Branch Action
    01/27/2020 Senate Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
    01/07/2020 Senate Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104685D
    01/07/2020 Senate Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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    Start Description.
    Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations related to teacher licensure to require that every person seeking initial licensure complete a Mental Health First Aid training or similar program and every person seeking renewal of a license complete an online module on mental health developed or approved by the Department of Education. The bill requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to deve
    End Description.

    Bill TEXT Points.
    This Bill has been listed with the following Subjects from Texts:
    Department of Education
    Every person seeking initial licensure shall complete a Mental Health First Aid training or similar program and every person seeking renewal of a license shall complete an online module on mental health developed or approved by the Department of Education

    Men
    Every person seeking initial licensure shall complete a Mental Health First Aid training or similar program and every person seeking renewal of a license shall complete an online module on mental health developed or approved by the Department of Education

    Health
    ---------- Patron-- Deeds ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1

    Tea
    Teachers who hold a 10-year renewable license issued by the Board of Education may teach online courses for which they are properly endorsed


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