Bill > A5702

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This bill establishes the "Safe Schools and Communities Violence Prevention and Response Plan Act of 2023." Under the bill, each county superintendent of schools is to employ a violence prevention specialist. The violence prevention specialist is required to develop a safe schools and communities prevention and response plan in collaboration with, as applicable, local community mental health providers, school administrators, teachers, school resource officers, school safety specialists, guidance counselors, child study teams, and parents. The plan is to include the creation of a prevention and early intervention team, which will be comprised of the violence prevention specialist and three or four mental health specialists assigned by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services from local mental health providers. The team is required to work with the county superintendent of schools and individual school districts to develop the plan and to provide training and technical assistance. Statewide guidelines, training materials, consultation and technical assistance for the safe schools and communities violence prevention and response plan are to be developed and updated annually for school districts and violence prevention specialists by a qualified mental health organization with a Statewide presence and expertise in mental health treatment, training advocacy, and creating public awareness.

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Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Shavonda Sumter (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 11/20/2023)

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