Mental Health Awareness Training

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the requirements for section 170.307, RSMo, pertaining to mental health awareness training in Missouri schools. (1) For school year 2022-23 and each school year thereafter, upon graduation from high school, pupils in public schools and charter schools shall have received a minimum of two (2) hours of mental health awareness training to be given at any time during a pupil’s four (4) years of high school. Instruction shall be included in the local education agency’s existing health and/or physical education curriculum. (2) The mental health awareness instruction shall be aligned to Missouri K-12 Learning Standards for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Missouri and/or national standards and course level expectations in health education, physical education, and school counseling and shall address the following domains: (A) Defining Mental Health; (B) Identifying Strategies for Achieving and Maintaining Sound Mental Wellness; (C) Decreasing the Stigma of Mental Health Concerns; and (D) Recognizing How to Connect to Services When Needed. AUTHORITY: section 170.307, RSMo Supp. 2023.* Original rule filed April 24, 2023, effective Dec. 30, 2023. *Original authority: 170.307, RSMo 2022.