Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 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.