00                            SENATE BILL NO. 137                                                                         
01 "An Act requiring suicide awareness and prevention training for certain school                                          
02 personnel."                                                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the Jason Flatt Act.                                                        
07    * Sec. 2. AS 14.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
08            Sec. 14.20.690. Mandatory youth suicide awareness and prevention                                           
09       training. (a) A school district, regional educational attendance area, and the                                  
10       department shall annually provide youth suicide awareness and prevention training                                 
11       approved by the commissioner to each teacher, administrator, counselor, and specialist                            
12       who is employed by the district, regional educational attendance area, or department to                           
13       provide services to students in grades seven through 12 in a public school in the state                           
14       at no cost to the teacher, administrator, counselor, or specialist.                                               

01            (b)  The commissioner shall approve youth suicide awareness and prevention                                   
02       training provided under this section if the training is not less than two hours each year,                        
03       meets standards for professional continuing education credit in the state, and is                                 
04       periodically reviewed by a qualified person or committee for consistency with                                     
05       generally accepted principles of youth suicide awareness and prevention. The training                             
06       may be offered through videoconferencing or an individual program of study of                                     
07       designated materials.