REFERENCE TITLE: teachers; human trafficking; continuing education

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

HB 2352

Introduced by Representatives Carter, Alston, Brophy McGee, Coleman, Rios: Allen J, Boyer, Fann, Kern, Larkin, Lawrence, Mach, Petersen, Shope, Townsend, Weninger

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 15‑218, Arizona Revised Statutes; RELATING to the state board of education.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 15-218, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-218.  Awareness and prevention training on suicide, child abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking; continuing education

A.  The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count suicide awareness and prevention training programs as continuing education credits.

B.  The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count awareness and prevention training on issues concerning child abuse and the sexual abuse of children, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of child abuse or sexual abuse, as continuing education credits.

C.  The state board of education shall adopt rules to allow certificated teachers and administrators to count human trafficking awareness and prevention training programs as continuing education credits. END_STATUTE