2019 West Virginia Code
Chapter 18. Education
Article 2. State Board of Education
§18-2-40. Suicide Prevention Awareness Training; Dissemination of Information

Universal Citation: WV Code § 18-2-40 (2019)

(a) This section, section seven, article one-b, chapter eighteen-b of this code and section one, article six, chapter twenty-seven of this code shall be known as "Jamie's Law".

(b) On or before September 1, 2015 and each year thereafter, a public middle and high school administrator shall disseminate and provide opportunities to discuss suicide prevention awareness information to all middle and high school students. The information may be obtained from the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities or from a commercially developed suicide prevention training program approved by the State Board of Education in consultation with the bureau to assure the accuracy and appropriateness of the information.

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