SB313: Revises provisions relating to mental health education. (BDR 34-58)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain standards of content and performance for courses in health to correspond with certain social and emotional learning standards developed by the Department of Education and to include certain information relating to mental health; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to develop regulations requiring the completion of a course in mental health education to obtain a license to teach; requiring certain applicants for the renewal of a license to teach to complete either a certain number of credits in a course in mental health education or a certain number of hours of professional development in mental health education; requiring school districts and charter schools to partner with certain entities to provide professional development training in mental health education; requiring certain professional development training for teachers to include training on mental health education and social and emotional learning; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.