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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 137
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUPIL AND STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend Chapter 41, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 4144. Pupil identification cards; publication of safety hotline numbers.
(a) All public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 that issue pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification card the following public safety telephone or text numbers:
(1) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. Call or text 988.
(2) National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE).
(3) Hopeline: Text “HOPELINE” to 741741.
(3) Crisis Text Line: Text “DE” to 741741.
Section 2. Amend Chapter 90B, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 9001B. Publication of safety hotline numbers .
(a) Every public institution of higher learning in this State that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards the following public safety telephone and text numbers:
(1) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. Call or text 988.
(2) National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233(SAVE).
(3) Hopeline: Text “HOPELINE” to 741741.
(3) Crisis Text Line: Text “DE” to 741741.
(4) Local campus police or campus security phone number.
Section 3. This Act takes effect for the 2023-2024 school year.
SYNOPSIS
This Act corrects the Delaware crisis text number and the National Suicide Prevention call or text line that is required to be printed on pupil identification cards for all public schools serving pupils in grades 7 to 12 and for all students attending public institutions of higher learning in Delaware. This Act takes effect for the 2023-2024 school year.