Summer has come to an end and as school gets back into session, you might notice something a bit different about the student ID cards this year.
A California law that went into effect in July now requires school to put the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on student ID cards for 7th through 12th graders in public, drive, and charter schools.
The new law will also allow student IDs to have information on the Crisis Text Line, which can be reached at by texting HOME to 741741.
The ID cards might have local suicide prevention resources as well.
School physiologist Kerry Hawkins thinks this will help students because "If there is nobody around, no one you can reach out to or physically speak to right then and there, it's something they have quick access too. They can refer too. They can call reach out. The more resources they have the better."
Along with the hotline number on the back of the ID cards, some schools are also holding suicide prevention presentations and giving teachers the proper training when it comes to this subject.
How do you feel about having the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on student ID cards?