Outline of the state of Kansas
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Kansas
Encouraged

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Professional Development for Mental Health

Category
Professional Development for Mental Health

State law encourages districts to provide professional development for school personnel on youth mental health.

Kansas Administrative Regulations 16-16-1. Definitions.

(a) "Campus police officer" shall mean a school security officer designated by the board of education of any school district pursuant to K.S.A. 72-8222, and amendments thereto.

(b) "Law enforcement officer" and "police officer" shall mean a full-time or part-time salaried officer or employee of the state, a county, or a city whose duties include the prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal or traffic law of Kansas or of any Kansas municipality. These terms shall include a campus police officer.

(c) "Law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school" shall mean any of the following:

(1) A campus police officer;

(2) a school resource officer; or

(3) a law enforcement officer jointly designated by a superintendent and the head of a law enforcement agency.

(d) "School district" shall mean a unified school district organized under the laws of Kansas.

(e) "School resource officer" shall mean a law enforcement officer or police officer who is employed by a local law enforcement agency and is assigned to a school district through an agreement between the local law enforcement agency and the school district.

(f) "Superintendent" shall mean the superintendent of schools appointed by the board of education of a school district.

(g) "Superintendent's designee" shall mean a person who is appointed by the superintendent and who is licensed by the Kansas state board of education and employed by the superintendent's school district but is not a law enforcement officer.

Policy Type
Regulation

Kansas Administrative Regulations 16-16-2. Curriculum.

There is hereby created a skill development training course, which shall include the following curriculum:

(a) Information on adolescent development;

(b) risk and needs assessments;

(c) mental health;

(d) diversity;

(e) youth crisis intervention;

(f) substance abuse prevention;

(g) trauma-informed responses; and

(h) other evidence-based practices in school policing to mitigate student juvenile justice exposure.

Policy Type
Regulation

Kansas Administrative Regulations 16-16-3. Training requirement.

(a) Each law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school and each superintendent or superintendent's designee shall be required to successfully complete a skill development training course, pursuant to K.A.R. 16-16-2, that has been developed and either provided or authorized by the Kansas law enforcement training center according to the following, whichever is later:

(1) On or before June 30, 2018; or

(2) within one year of being designated as a law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school or employed by a school district as a superintendent or superintendent's designee.

(b) Nothing in this regulation shall require a law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school or a superintendent or superintendent's designee to complete more than one skill development training course.

(c) Each law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school and each superintendent or superintendent's designee shall submit proof of successful completion of a skill development training course, pursuant to K.A.R. 16-16-2, that was developed and either provided or authorized by the Kansas law enforcement training center to that individual's respective certification or licensing agency.

Policy Type
Regulation

Kansas Statutes 75-763. Training for effective school based response.

(a) The attorney general shall, in collaboration with them Kansas law enforcement training center and the state board of education, promulgate rules and regulations by January 1, 2017, creating a skill development training for responding effectively to misconduct in school while minimizing student exposure to the juvenile justice system. (b) The skill development training shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Information on adolescent development; (2) risk and needs assessments; (3) mental health; (4) diversity; (5) youth crisis intervention; (6) substance abuse prevention; (7) trauma-informed responses; and (8) other evidence-based practices in school policing to mitigate student juvenile justice exposure. (c) The superintendent of each school district or the superintendent’s designee and any law enforcement officer primarily assigned to a school shall complete the skill development training.

Policy Type
Statute