3319.073 In-service training in child abuse prevention programs.

The board of education of each city and exempted village school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall develop, in consultation with public or private agencies or persons involved in child abuse prevention or intervention programs, a program of in-service training for persons employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator. Each person employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator shall complete at least four hours of in-service training in the prevention of child abuse, violence, and substance abuse and the promotion of positive youth development within two years of commencing employment with the district or center, and every five years thereafter. A person who is employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or administrator on the effective date of this amendment shall complete at least four hours of the in-service training required by this section within two years of the effective date of this amendment and every five years thereafter.

Effective Date: 09-29-1995; 03-30-2007