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New York Requires 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Information Shared and Added to College Student ID Cards

This week, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Student Lifeline Act amending the New York Education Law to require that degree-granting higher education institutions educate students, faculty and staff about New York’s 9-8-8 Suicide...more

Venable LLP

Discipline or Discrimination? How Institutions of Higher Education Should Navigate Disciplining Students with Known or Reported...

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Colleges and universities are grappling with the proliferation of mental health issues among their student populations in the wake of COVID-19 as they deal with the effects of burnout, limited support resources, and social...more

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New Law Requires School Districts to Address Growing Suicide Rate in Youth

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In the latest Annual Report on Child Deaths in North Carolina(link is external), child deaths reached an all-time low in 2018. However, death by suicide has reached its highest rate ever. Suicide is the second leading cause...more

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Therapeutic and Curative Training Is Not “Educational” Under the Dover Amendment

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Deciding that the “primary and predominant” purpose of a behavioral skills program was the treatment of serious mental illness and not the teaching of “core life skills,” the Land Court rejected arguments that the program...more

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Dissecting the Massachusetts Ruling Recognizing a Duty for Higher Education Institutions to Prevent Student Suicide

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A recent decision by Massachusetts’s highest court unanimously recognized that, under some circumstances, colleges and universities have a duty to protect students from suicide that, if violated, could result in tort...more

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Suicide Prevention in Schools - New Law Requires Schools to Adopt Suicide Prevention Policies, BB&K Attorney Dorothy McLaughlin...

Suicide is among the top ten leading causes of death in the United States. For those in high stress industries, such as attorneys, the topic of suicide is an evolving, uncomfortable conversation that has led to a more open...more

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Schools Must Have Suicide Prevention Policies in Place for 2017-18 Schoolyear - Model Youth Suicide Prevention Policy Now Online

California school districts, county offices of education and charter schools serving students grades 7 - 12 are required to have suicide prevention policies in place prior to the start of the 2017-18 school year pursuant to...more

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