The bill creates a requirement that of the 90 hours of professional development training currently required for educator licensure renewal during the term of the educator's license, at least 10 of those hours must include some form of behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma- and evidence-informed.
The bill requires teacher preparation programs to include in program graduation requirements that each teacher candidate in an initial educator licensure program complete at least 10 hours of behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma- and evidence-informed.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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Statutes affected:
Preamended PA1 (03/13/2020):
Introduced (02/21/2020):