Existing law requires: (1) each school district to adopt a plan to ensure that public schools are safe and free of controlled substances; and (2) each school district, university school for profoundly gifted pupils and charter school to prescribe rules of behavior required of and prohibited for pupils. (NRS 388A.495, 388C.150, 392.463) Section 2 of this bill requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with experts in education and child mental and behavioral health, to develop, implement and disseminate a model policy concerning screening for the behavioral, social and emotional well-being of pupils. Section 2 requires the policy to be based on a progressive system of support and include: (1) processes for implementing the policy; (2) a variety of tools for identifying behavioral, social and emotional risk factors for mental and behavioral health or substance use issues; (3) resources for training the staff of schools; and (4) guidelines for monitoring and evaluating the use and effectiveness of the policy. Sections 2 and 6 of this bill authorize the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils or a private school to adopt the policy.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 392.4601, 239.010
Reprint 1: 392.4601
BDR: 392.4601, 239.010