School board employees; health care professionals; professional development and continuing education; optional programs; children with autism spectrum disorder. Directs the Board of Education to provide guidance on and each school board to provide each year an optional program of high-quality professional development for instructional personnel and school board employees whose duties include regular contact with students on communicating with and supporting students with autism spectrum disorder. The bill provides that any instructional personnel or school board employee who completes such professional development shall be eligible for professional development points toward renewal of his license. The bill also requires each health regulatory board to adopt and implement policies providing for an optional continuing education program each year on communicating with children with autism spectrum disorder for any individual who is registered, certified, licensed, or issued a multistate licensure privilege by any health regulatory board whose duties involve direct contact with children and provides that the completion of such continuing education program shall count toward licensure renewal.