Bill > H483

This bill, known as the SAVE Students Act, aims to enhance safety and violence education for students in grades 6-12. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring schools to establish a school-based threat assessment team trained in evidence-based threat assessment and response protocols. 2. Mandating that schools provide students with annual training on suicide awareness and prevention, youth violence prevention, and social inclusion. 3. Establishing an Anonymous Reporting Program, operated by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, that allows anyone to anonymously report dangerous, violent, or unlawful activities on school property or related to enrolled students or school personnel. 4. Requiring schools to designate a student-led violence prevention club to implement and sustain the required trainings and awareness activities. 5. Allowing the imposition of misdemeanor charges for anyone 18 or older who knowingly or intentionally makes a false report to the Anonymous Reporting Program. The bill also grants the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education the authority to promulgate regulations necessary for its implementation, and it takes effect 12 months after enactment.