Southtowns Record

Eden Central School District – Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (S9-21-28)

Government
Eden Central School District
Posted by publisher
Jun 8, 2022
Kind
State audit
Topics
Audits and oversight

Publisher's summary

We audited the following 20 school districts (Districts) to determine whether the Districts used resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) training requirement to staff: Bellville-Henderson CSD, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake CSD, Canandaigua City SD, Coxsackie Athens CSD, Crown Point CSD, Dover UFSD, Eden CSD, Goshen CSD, Greenport UFSD, Harborfields CSD, Livonia CSD, Malone CSD, Port Washington UFSD, Rye Neck UFSD, Schalmont CSD, Seaford UFSD, Unadilla Valley CSD, Waverly CSD, Wellsville CSD and West Genesee CSD. The 20 Districts we examined did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by September 15, 2020, as required by New York State Education Department (SED) regulations.

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Appendix B: OSC Comment on the District’s Response

Note 1

As indicated in the response, officials became aware of the District's Mental
Health First Aid training after the completion of our audit fieldwork. We reviewed
this subsequent training information and found that the Mental Health First Aid
training offered to the 49 teachers occurred in 2018, not during our audit period.
In addition, the Superintendent told us an additional training session occurred in
January 2022 for 38 staff members. Therefore, our audit finding that the District
did not provide annual mental health training to any staff for the 2020-21 school
year by September 15, 2020, as required by SED regulations, is accurate. 

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