(1)(a) Beginning in school year 2024-25, the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall (i) ensure annual behavioral awareness training is available statewide and (ii) develop, implement, and administer an ongoing statewide teacher support system.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-3602

  • Administrator: means any certified employee such as superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, school nurse, or other supervisory or administrative personnel who do not have as a primary duty the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School year: means (a) for elementary grades other than kindergarten, the time equivalent to at least one thousand thirty-two instructional hours and (b) for high school grades, the time equivalent to at least one thousand eighty instructional hours. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Teacher: means any certified employee who is regularly employed for the instruction of pupils in the public schools. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(b) Beginning in school year 2026-27, each school district shall ensure that each administrator, teacher, paraprofessional, school nurse, and counselor receives behavioral awareness training. Each administrator, teacher, paraprofessional, school nurse, and counselor who has received such training shall receive a behavioral awareness training review at least once every three years. Each school district may offer such training, or similar training, to any other school employees at the discretion of the school district. In addition, all school employees shall have a basic awareness of the goals, strategies, and schoolwide plans included in such training.

(c) Behavioral awareness training shall include, but not be limited to, evidence-based training on a continuum that includes:

(i) Recognition of detrimental factors impacting student behavior, including, but not limited to, signs of trauma;

(ii) Positive behavior support and proactive teaching strategies, including, but not limited to, expectations and boundaries; and

(iii) Verbal intervention and de-escalation techniques.

(2)(a) On or before July 1, 2025, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, each school district shall submit a behavioral awareness training report to the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council. Such report shall include the school district behavioral awareness training plan and summarize how such plan fulfills the requirements of this section.

(b) On or before December 31, 2025, and each December 31 thereafter, the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council shall submit a report electronically to the Education Committee of the Legislature summarizing the behavioral awareness training reports received by school districts, the various trainings provided across the state, the teacher support system, and a financial report of funding received and expended in accordance with the Behavioral Intervention Training and Teacher Support Act.

(3)(a) Behavioral awareness training and the teacher support system required pursuant to this section shall be funded from the Behavioral Training Cash Fund.

(b) Any funding received by a school district for behavioral awareness training under the Behavioral Intervention Training and Teacher Support Act shall be considered special grant funds under section 79-1003.

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