Bill Text: IN SB0004 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Suicide prevention.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011 [SB0004 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0004-Amended.html

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Reprinted

January 21, 2011

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SENATE BILL No. 4

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DIGEST OF SB 4 (Updated January 20, 2011 2:07 pm - DI 104)

Citations Affected: IC 20-28.

Synopsis: Suicide prevention training for school personnel. Allows a governing body to adjourn its schools to allow teachers to participate in a basic or inservice course of education and training on suicide prevention and the recognition of signs that a student may be considering suicide. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on mental health.)

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Miller , Lawson C , Landske, Rogers, Simpson, Taylor, Randolph, Wyss

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    January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    January 5, 2011, pursuant to Rule 68(b), reassigned to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
    January 12, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    January 20, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.

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Reprinted

January 21, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 4

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-28-3-4; (11)SB0004.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-28-3-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.122-2007, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 4. A governing body may adjourn the governing body's schools for not more than three (3) days in a school year to allow teachers, school administrators, and paraprofessionals to participate in:
        (1) a session concerning agricultural instruction conducted in the county;
        (2) a meeting of a teachers' association;
        (3) a visitation of model schools under a governing body's direction; or
        (4) a basic or inservice course of education and training on autism that is certified by the state board in conjunction with the state health commissioner and any other appropriate entity determined by the state board; or
        (5) a basic or inservice course of education and training on the prevention of child suicide and the recognition of signs that a student may be considering suicide.

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A governing body shall pay a teacher the teacher's per diem salary for the teacher's participation.