I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3552 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
that teachers, principals, counselors, and other school leaders receive 
youth suicide awareness and prevention training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. CLEAVER (for himself and Mr. YODER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to require that teachers, principals, counselors, 
and other school leaders receive youth suicide awareness 
and prevention training. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cady Housh and Jason 
Flatt Teen Suicide Prevention Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Since 2010, suicide has been the second 
leading cause of death for young people ages 10–24 
with more than 100 young people lost each week. 
(2) According to the 2013 Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behaviors Sur-
vey, 17 percent of high school students reported seri-
ously considering suicide during the last year of high 
school and about 8 percent of high school students 
attempt suicide during that period. 
(3) 80 percent of students show warning signs 
before attempting suicide. 
SEC. 3. SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 
8549D. 
SUICIDE 
AWARENESS 
AND 
PREVENTION 
TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State receiving funds 
under this Act shall establish and implement a statewide 
policy that school leaders, counselors, teachers, para-
professionals, and other staff shall complete at least one 
hour of youth suicide awareness and prevention training 
each school year. 
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‘‘(b) YOUTH SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION 
TRAINING DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘youth sui-
cide awareness and prevention training’ includes self or 
in-person review of materials— 
‘‘(1) the State determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) that include— 
‘‘(A) the warning signs of, and elevate risk 
factors for, suicide; 
‘‘(B) suggested responses to such warning 
signs; and 
‘‘(C) further suicide awareness and preven-
tion resources. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt any State law to the 
extent that such State law imposes a more extensive re-
quirement for youth suicide awareness and prevention 
training in such State.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) youth suicide awareness and prevention 
training materials should be available to all school 
teachers, principals, and other school leaders; 
(2) each local educational agency should adopt 
a policy with respect to youth suicide awareness and 
prevention; and 
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(3) the Secretary of Education should collabo-
rate with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices to publically display and distribute information 
and resources on teen suicide prevention. 
Æ 
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