HB 18-1416

HB 18-1416, also known as the Student Suicide Prevention Grant Program, is a Colorado law that provides funding for schools to develop and implement policies and training programs aimed at preventing student suicides. This bill affects school districts, individual schools (including charter schools), and requires them to report back on how they use the grant money. The program is funded by the School Safety Resource Center Cash Fund and ensures that resources like evidence-based best practices are made available online for those involved in suicide prevention efforts. Since it has been signed into law, this means that schools can now apply for grants to support their suicide prevention initiatives.

Official Summary

The bill creates the student suicide prevention grant program for schools (grant program) in the department of public health and environment (department) to be administered by the department. The purpose of the grant program is to provide financial assistance to school districts, schools of a school district, including charter schools, and institute charter schools to develop and implement student suicide prevention policies and training programs. The bill specifies the minimum requirements for the policies and training programs. The department is required to work with the office of suicide prevention in the department and the school safety resource center in the department of public safety in implementing the grant program. Each grant recipient is required to submit information concerning the use of the grant money to the department, and the department is required to submit an annual report concerning implementation of the grant program to the health and human services committee of the senate and the public health care and human services committee of the house of representatives. The department is required to post on its website available evidence-based best practices and other resources for persons involved in student suicide prevention. The grant program is funded by money appropriated from the school safety resource center cash fund. The bill authorizes the existing office of suicide prevention in statute. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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