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Suicide prevention bill gets final OK from Iowa Senate [desmoinesregister.com]

 

Iowa school employees working with students would be required to have least one hour annually of training in suicide prevention under a bill that received final approval Wednesday from the Iowa Senate.

Senate File 2213, which was amended by the Iowa House, passed on a 49-0 vote. The bill now heads to Gov. Kim Reynolds for consideration...

The legislation requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules requiring school districts to adopt protocols for suicide prevention and intervention after a suicide, and for the identification of adverse childhood experiences to mitigate "toxic stress response." The protocols must be based on nationally recognized best practices.

[For more on this story by William Petroski, go to https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/21/suicide-prevention-iowa-senate-school-training-teachers/445425002/] 

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