Maryland SB 852: Education - School Personnel - Training

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SENATE BILL 852
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By: Senator Carter
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 8, 2022

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Education – County Boards of Education – Health Educator Position School 2
Personnel – Training 3

FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to create a health educator 4
position to oversee the implementation of certain health education instruction and 5
to gather certain data; altering the training requirements for certain school 6
personnel to include training to recognize students experiencing teen dating 7
violence; and generally relating to health education and county boards of education. 8

BY adding to repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Education 10
Section 4–141 6–122(a) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 14
Article – Education 15
Section 6–122(b) and (c) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20

Article – Education 21

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6–122. 1

(a) Except as provided in § 6–704.1 of this title and beginning on or before July 1, 2
2018, the State Board shall require all certificated school personnel who have direct contact 3
with students on a regular basis to complete training on or before December 1 each year, 4
by a method determined by each county board, in the skills required to: 5

(1) Understand and respond to youth suicide risk; 6

(2) Identify professional resources to help students in crisis; 7

(3) Recognize student behavioral health issues; 8

(4) Recognize students experiencing trauma or violence out of school, 9
INCLUDING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, and refer students to behavioral health services; 10
and 11

(5) If the school is a community school, support any students needing the 12
services at a community school. 13

(b) The training required under subsection (a) of this section shall be: 14

(1) Provided to certificated school personnel during an in–service program; 15
or 16

(2) A professional development requirement that may be met during time 17
designated for professional development. 18

(c) The State Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section. 19

4–141. 20

(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL CREATE A HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION 21
TO: 22

(1) OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGE–APPROPRIATE HEALTH 23
EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY; AND 24

(2) GATHER DETAILED DATA REGARDING THE OPERATION AND 25
EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE 26
COUNTY. 27

(B) THE HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION SHALL BE FUNDED USING THE 28
FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS ARTICLE. 29

SENATE BILL 852 3

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1
1, 2022. 2

Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.