Effective 7-1-2020.
Sec. 9. (a) Each school corporation and charter school shall require all applicants for employment who will have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the applicant's employment to attend, before or not later than thirty (30) days after the start date of the applicant's employment, training concerning recognition of the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms.
(b) Each school corporation and charter school shall require all school employees who have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employee's employment to attend the training described in subsection (a) at least once every five (5) years.
(c) The format of the training required under this section may include:
(1) an in-person presentation;
(2) an electronic or technology based medium, including self-review modules available on an online system;
(3) an individual program of study designated materials; or
(4) any other method approved by the governing body or organizer of a charter school that is consistent with current professional development standards.
(d) The training required under this section must be during the school employee's contracted day or at a time chosen by the employee.
(e) The training required under this section shall count toward the requirements for professional development required by the governing body of a school corporation or its equivalent for a charter school.
(f) The training requirements must be consistent with the training programs and guidelines developed by the Epilepsy Foundation of America or a successor organization.
As added by P.L.241-2019, SEC.2.
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