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H. B. No. 543 As Enrolled
(129th General Assembly)
(House Bill Number 543)
AN ACT
To amend section 3319.073 of the Revised Code to
enact the "Jason Flatt Act" to require public
schools to train staff in youth suicide awareness
and prevention.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That section 3319.073 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3319.073. (A) The board of education of each city and
exempted village school district and the governing board of each
educational service center shall adopt or adapt the curriculum
developed by the department of education for, or shall develop in
consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved
in child abuse prevention or intervention programs, a program of
in-service training in the prevention of child abuse, violence,
and substance abuse and the promotion of positive youth
development. Each person employed by any school district or
service center to work in a school as a nurse, teacher, counselor,
school psychologist, or administrator shall complete at least four
hours of the in-service training within two years of commencing
employment with the district or center, and every five years
thereafter. A person who is employed by any school district or
service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse,
teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator on March
30, 2007, shall complete at least four hours of the in-service
training not later than March 30, 2009, and every five years
thereafter. A person who is employed by any school district or
service center to work in a middle or high school as a nurse,
teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator on
October 16, 2009, shall complete at least four hours of the
in-service training not later than October 16, 2011, and every
five years thereafter.
(B) Each board shall incorporate training in school safety
and violence prevention into the in-service training required by
division (A) of this section. For this purpose, the board shall
adopt or adapt the curriculum developed by the department or shall
develop its own curriculum in consultation with public or private
agencies or persons involved in school safety and violence
prevention programs.
(C) Each board shall incorporate training on the board's
harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy adopted under section
3313.666 of the Revised Code into the in-service training required
by division (A) of this section. Each board also shall incorporate
training in the prevention of dating violence into the in-service
training required by that division for middle and high school
employees. The board shall develop its own curricula for these
purposes.
(D) Each board shall incorporate training in youth suicide
awareness and prevention into the in-service training required by
division (A) of this section for each person employed by a school
district or service center to work in a school as a nurse,
teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator, and any
other personnel that the board determines appropriate. For this
purpose, the board shall adopt or adapt the curriculum developed
by the department or shall develop its own curriculum in
consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved
in youth suicide awareness and prevention programs.
The training completed under this division shall count toward
the satisfaction of requirements for professional development
required by the school district or service center board, and the
training may be accomplished through self-review of suitable
suicide prevention materials approved by the board.
SECTION 2. That existing section 3319.073 of the Revised
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall be known as the "Jason Flatt Act,
Ohio, in honor of Joseph Anielski."
SECTION 4. The amendments by Sub. H.B. 116 of the 129th
General Assembly to division (C) of section 3319.073 of the
Revised Code that are included in section 3319.073 of the Revised
Code as amended by this act take effect November 4, 2012.
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