SB314
AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain standards of content and performance for courses in health to correspond with certain social and emotional learning standards developed by the Department of Education and to include certain information relating to mental health; requiring certain teachers to complete a course in mental health education; requiring the Department to adopt regulations concerning a course in mental health education; requiring school districts and charter schools to partner with certain entities to provide professional development training in mental health education; requiring certain professional development training for teachers and administrators to include training on mental health education and social and emotional learning; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain standards of content and performance for courses in health to correspond with certain social and emotional learning standards developed by the Department of Education and to include certain information relating to mental health; requiring certain teachers to complete a course in mental health education; requiring the Department to adopt regulations concerning a course in mental health education; requiring school districts and charter schools to partner with certain entities to provide professional development training in mental health education; requiring certain professional development training for teachers and administrators to include training on mental health education and social and emotional learning; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 10, 2025
Primary Sponsor
View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Senator Rober
Public exhibits
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Auditor findings
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain standards of content and performance for courses in health to correspond
Existing law requires the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools to establish standards of content and performance for courses of study in various subject areas, including health. Existing law further requires that such standards established for courses in health include mental health and the relationship between mental and physical health. (NRS 389.520) Section 1 of this bill requires the standards developed for mental health education to: (1) correspond with any social and emotional learning standards that are developed by the Department of Education; (2) include, without limitation, the provision of information concerning mental health, the promotion of mental health and culturally appropriate and age-appropriate mental health resources, as defined in section 1, to pupils; and (3) require the use of evidence-based mental health curriculum. Section 2 of this bill requires a teacher employed at a public school who is initially hired: (1) on or before July 1, 2027, to complete a course in mental health education on or before July 1, 2027; and (2) after July 1, 2027, to complete such a course within his or her first year of employment, unless the teacher provides proof that he or she already completed the course while employed at another public school. Section 2 also requires the Department to adopt regulations that prescribe: (1) the required contents of such a course; and (2) the process for approving such a course. Section 2 further: (1) sets forth which
NELIS exhibits (2 on file)
Neutral (2)
- Robert Barsel — Duke University (Testimony)
- Robert Barsel — Illustrator (Everyone Has Mental Health Book)
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