SERIES 5000: STUDENTS, CURRICULUM, AND ACADEMIC MATTERS

5700 Student Health and Safety

5710 Student Suicide Prevention

Employees, volunteers, and contractors must immediately notify the building principal or designee if a student is exhibiting signs of unusual depression, expressing suicidal thoughts, or threatening or attempting suicide or self-harm.

The District will convene a crisis response team to investigate and develop an intervention plan for the student, if necessary.

A member of the crisis response team will immediately notify the student’s parent/guardian if the student threatens or attempts suicide.

District personnel who suspect that a student may have a disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act must immediately refer the student for an evaluation.

The District will post on its website homepage and in a conspicuous location in the school counselor’s office MDHHS model information materials about suicide prevention services, suicide, depression, and anxiety.

Legal authority: MCL 380.1171, 380.1893

Date adopted: 08/09/2021

Date revised: 06/19/2023