Reprinted
January 21, 2011
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.
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.
Reprinted
January 21, 2011
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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SENATE BILL No. 4
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.
A governing body shall pay a teacher the teacher's per diem salary for
the teacher's participation.