Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6671, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 269, §1, is amended to read:
A school administrative unit shall establish a youth mental health first aid training program for health educators and educators providing health instruction in secondary middle schools and high schools in the unit pursuant to this section.
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6671, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 269, §1, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §6671, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 269, §1, is amended to read:
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment requires school administrative units to schedule and ensure training in youth mental health first aid for educators providing health instruction in addition to the current requirement to schedule and ensure training for health educators. It also requires school administrative units to ensure that training is provided to those educators in middle schools and high schools instead of only in high schools
The amendment also requires a school administrative unit to meet the training requirements if it has access to free training that meets national standards. Currently, a school administrative unit is required to meet the training requirements only if it received federal funding, private funding or other funding for the purpose of establishing such a program.