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IN SB0611
Bill
Status
1/15/2019
Primary Sponsor
John Ruckelshaus
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Governor's Student Advisory Council with 20 members (students in grades 10-12) appointed by the governor to advise on education issues including school safety, with members serving 2-year terms and meeting 3-6 times per year
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Expands the Indiana Secured School Fund matching grant program to allow school corporations and charter schools to use funds for mental health services and partnerships with mental health providers (grants capped at $50,000/year for schools with 1,000+ ADM, $35,000/year for smaller schools)
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Requires the Department of Education, in coordination with the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center, to distribute information about the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip line to schools and establish guidelines for informing students
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Mandates mental health instruction as part of health education curriculum for grades 6-12, with teachers required to have training on mental health matters
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Requires teacher preparation programs to include curriculum content on mental health, including identifying and responding to signs of mental illness
Legislative Description
School safety and mental health education. Establishes the governor's student advisory council to provide to the governor information concerning education issues that are important to students in Indiana. Requires the department of education (department) to supervise the activities of and staff the governor's student advisory council. Provides that the secured school safety board may award a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund to enable a school corporation or charter school to establish a program to provide mental health services to students or form partnerships with mental health providers to provide mental health services to students. Provides that advances made under the school corporation and charter school safety advance program may be used to provide mental health services to students or form partnerships with mental health providers to provide mental health services to students. Requires the department, in coordination with the Indiana intelligence fusion center, to do the following: (1) Distribute to schools information regarding the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip line. (2) Establish guidelines for schools with regard to providing information to students about the tip line. Requires a teacher preparation program to include content within the curriculum that provides teacher candidates with information concerning mental health. Provides that: (1) for grades 6 through 12, the study of health education must include instruction on mental health; and (2) the teacher who provides the instruction on mental health must have training on mental health matters.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/15/2019