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Maryland
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Professional Development for Suicide Prevention

Category
Professional Development for Suicide Prevention

State law requires districts to provide professional development for school personnel on youth suicide prevention.

Code of Maryland Regulations 13A.07.11.03 Required Training.

A. All certificated school personnel who have direct contact with students on a regular basis shall complete training on or before December 1 of each year, by a method determined by each county board, in the skills required to:

  • (1) Understand and respond to youth suicide risk;
  • (2) Understand and respond to student mental health, student trauma, student safety and other topics related to student social and emotional well-being; and
  • (3) Identify professional resources to help students in crisis.

B. The training required by § A of this regulation shall be:

  • (1) Provided to certificated school personnel during an in-service program; or
  • (2) A professional development requirement that may be met during time designated for professional development.
Policy Type
Regulation

Maryland Code 6-122. Training for youth suicide risk and students in crisis

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

  • (1) Understand and respond to youth suicide risk; and
  • (2) Identify professional resources to help students in crisis.

(b)  Method of training. -- The training required under subsection (a) of this section shall be:

  • (1) Provided to certificated school personnel during an in-service program; or
  • (2) A professional development requirement that may be met during time designated for professional development.

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

(d)  Liability. --

  • (1) This section may not be construed to impose a duty of care on certificated school personnel who complete training under subsection (a) of this section.
  • (2) Unless the acts or omissions of a certificated school employee who completed training under subsection (a) of this section are willful, wanton, or grossly negligent, a person may not bring an action against the county board for personal injury or wrongful death caused by any act or omission resulting from:
  • (i) Any training or lack of training of certificated school personnel under subsection (a) of this section; or
  • (ii) The implementation of the training required under subsection (a) of this section.
Policy Type
Statute

Maryland Code 7-504. Eligibility guidelines; authorized programs

(c)  Requirements for programs established under subtitle. -- Any program established under this subtitle shall:

  • (1) Assist in increasing the awareness, among school personnel and community leaders, of the incidence of teenage suicide;
  • (2) Train school personnel in individual and schoolwide strategies for teenage suicide prevention;
  • (3) Develop and implement school-based teenage suicide prevention programs and pilot projects;
  • (4) Develop and implement school-based pilot mental health programs and peer-to-peer support to address the needs of students suffering from mental illness; and
  • (5) Through cooperative efforts, utilize community resources in the development and implementation of teenage suicide prevention programs under this subtitle.
Policy Type
Statute