Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to
set forth requirements for training and reporting of Youth Mental Health
Awareness Training, pursuant to Section
1012.584(5),
F.S.
(2) Definitions. In this rule,
the terms have the following meaning:
(a)
"Department" means the Department of Education;
(b) "School District" means the Florida
Virtual School under Section
1002.37, F.S., the Florida
School for the Deaf and the Blind under Section
1002.36, F.S., Developmental
Research (Laboratory) Schools under Section
1002.32, F.S., and districts set
forth in Article IX, Section 4, of the Florida Constitution;
(c) "School Personnel" means persons who must
receive Youth Mental Health Awareness Training in any public school in a School
District, including a charter school.
(d) "Youth Mental Health Awareness Training"
means programs designed to help school personnel identify and understand signs
of emotional disturbance, mental illness and substance abuse disorders and
provide school personnel with the skills to assist a person who may be
developing or experiencing an emotional, mental health or substance use
concern.
(3) Approved
Youth Mental Health Awareness Training. The program approved by the Department
to provide Youth Mental Health Awareness Training to school personnel is listed
at
https://www.fldoe.org/schools/k-12-public-schools/sss/ymhat.stml.
All school personnel identified as set forth in subsection (4) of this rule
must receive this training.
(4)
Presumptive Identification of School Personnel for Training and Certification.
(a) The Department will provide, by February
1 of each year, a list of job codes or categories from the document entitled
"Data Elements - Staff" incorporated in Rule
6A-1.0014, F.A.C., Comprehensive
Management Information System, in order to identify the positions that must
receive Youth Mental Health Awareness Training. This list will be posted
annually at
https://www.fldoe.org/schools/k-12-public-schools/sss/ymhat.stml.
(b) Unless a School District submits a
request to establish another method of identifying school personnel and
receives approval from the Department, a School District must use these job
codes and categories and the persons who hold these positions as of February 1,
when providing the certification required by this rule.
(5) Certification of Training.
(a) The annual certification that at least
80% of school personnel in a School District, including school personnel at
charter schools, have completed the approved youth mental health awareness
training must be submitted to the Department on the form entitled "Annual
Certification of Youth Mental Health Awareness Training, " Form No. YMHAT-1 by
July 1 of each year. This form, effective December 2022, is incorporated by
reference (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14903)
and may be obtained at
https://www.fldoe.org/schools/k-12-public-schools/sss/ymhat.stml.
(b) This form must be submitted by the
superintendent or designee. Instructions to submit this form may be obtained at
https://www.fldoe.org/schools/k-12-public-schools/sss/ymhat.stml.
(6) Charter Schools. School Districts must
implement procedures to include school personnel at charter schools in the
School District's certification. A School District may rely upon a charter
school's certification without independent verification when submitting the
School District's certification of training under subsection (5) of this
rule.
Rulemaking Authority.
1001.02(1),
(2)(n) FS. Law Implemented
1012.584
FS.
New 11-22-22.
