School boards; mental health awareness training for full-time school bus drivers.

Summary

The bill lets any Virginia school board mandate that each full‑time school bus driver complete a mental‑health awareness course at least once. It also asks the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to consider condensing the existing mental‑health first‑aid program into a two‑hour module that boards could use. The aim is to better equip drivers to recognize and respond to student mental‑health concerns.

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