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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="6-132" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTER 758 OF 2026" title_number="6" title_name="Teachers and Other Personnel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Personnel Matters">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, on or before July 1, 2027, the Department shall make available a professional development course on educator well–being and flourishing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The course shall be made available to all school personnel and administrators.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The course may be made available through synchronous or asynchronous instruction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>To fulfill the requirements of this subsection, the Department may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Develop a course;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Adapt an existing course developed by a third party; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Make available an existing course developed by a third party.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department is required to provide a course under this section only if the course can be provided at no cost or at a comparable cost, as determined by the Department, to the cost the Department pays for providing a comparable course.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A course offered under this section shall be made available at a comparable rate to professional development courses for licensed personnel that contain the same number of professional development points.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A course offered under this section shall consist of instruction on understanding the eight dimensions of well–being identified by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and applying those lessons to increasing the educator’s personal well–being.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The course shall include instruction on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Social well–being, including the importance of different types of relationships and building friendships and a sense of belonging and community;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Environmental well–being, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The importance of a connection to nature and the outdoors; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The importance of feeling safe to an educator’s overall well–being;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Physical well–being, including the importance of a healthy body to overall well–being;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Emotional well–being, including the importance of being able to express feelings, adjust to emotional challenges, cope with life’s stressors, and enjoy life;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Spiritual well–being, including the importance of a sense of meaning, purpose, and character;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Occupational well–being, including the importance of work to an individual’s personal well–being;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Intellectual well–being, including the importance of being able to keep an active brain, cultivate personal interests, and pursue lifelong learning; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Financial well–being, including the importance of understanding financial processes and financial resources.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
