(1) by a public school, including a charter school; and

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     (b) If a school issues a student identification card to a student, the school shall include on the student identification card the following:

(1) Except as provided under subsection (c), the 9-8-8 crisis hotline.

(2) A local, state, or national human trafficking hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

(3) A local, state, or national sexual assault hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

(4) A local, state, or national teen dating violence hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

(5) If a hotline specified in subdivisions (1) through (4) is capable of receiving a text message, the information to text the hotline.

     (c) If the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is not in operation at the time a school issues a student identification card, the school shall include a local, state, or national suicide prevention hotline telephone number on the student identification card. However, if the 9-8-8 crisis hotline becomes operational at a later date, the school shall include the 9-8-8 crisis hotline on all student identification cards issued by the school after the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is in operation.

     (d) A school may include the information described in subsections (b) and (c) on a student identification card by:

(1) printing the information on the student identification card; or

(2) affixing on the student identification card a sticker with the information printed on the sticker.

As added by P.L.207-2021, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.390.