Bill Text: FL H0607 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Continuing Education or Inservice Training for Public School Personnel

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in K-20 Competitiveness Subcommittee [H0607 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0607-Introduced.html

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HB 607

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.

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