2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 161 State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Section 161.235 (Repealed L. 2012 H.B. 1608 § A)

161.235. 1. Beginning July 1, 2001, the department of elementary and secondary education shall provide a four-year competitive grant program to fund, or defray the cost of, establishment or expansion of student suicide prevention programs. Such programs may also include teacher and administrator training in suicide prevention programs. Such programs may be operated at the district or building level and, if operated, shall be operated at a public elementary or secondary school of this state.

2. Prior to July 1, 2001, the department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate rules including but not limited to eligibility criteria, how applicant priority is established, the manner in which grant funds may or may not be used, proposed methods and documents of cooperation with the host school or school district in the case of nonschool applicants pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, and the form of grant applications.

3. Grants for the establishment or expansion of student suicide prevention programs may be applied for by either public schools, school districts, political subdivisions, corporations registered pursuant to the laws of this state, partnerships registered pursuant to the laws of this state or not-for-profit corporations as that term is defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In the case of applicants other than schools or school districts, such applicants shall accompany the grant application with a document of cooperation, approved by the department and signed by either the principal of a public school or by the superintendent of a school district, stating that the school or district shall furnish space and time for such program and stating the manner in which such program will be made available to its students.

4. In its grant application the school, school district, political subdivision, corporation, partnership or not-for-profit corporation shall describe any current or any proposed suicide prevention program, show a need for an improved suicide prevention program in the case of an existing program, and explain how it proposes to implement or improve its program with grant funds.

5. The grantee pursuant to this section shall make a report on its suicide prevention program after the second year of the grant to receive funds for years three and four. As part of the mid-grant progress report, the grantee shall report the progress of the program's development, as evidenced by the program's compliance with the original stated goals of the program. The department shall develop rules to determine compliance pursuant to this subsection, allowing for flexibility in application to varying grant projects but supplying rigorous standards so that compliance is measurable and meaningful in the context of the individual grant project.

6. Grants are renewable for an additional four-year term, based in part upon the results of the first grant.

7. Grants shall be distributed in equal amounts within geographic areas established proportionately based upon student population; provided that, funds may be reallocated by the department if an area has insufficient applications or insufficient eligible applications to obligate all funds for the area.

8. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be invalid and void.