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The bill increases students' and communities' access to crisis contacts and awareness of resources, but does so at some cost to school districts and taxpayers and with risks of temporary coverage gaps or delays during implementation.
Secondary students will have rapid, on-card and portal access to suicide/crisis hotline contacts (e.g., 988), improving chances of timely help in emergencies.
Parents, school staff, and the public will receive coordinated outreach about these crisis resources, increasing awareness and likely use of support services.
Mandating specific crisis contacts risks creating coverage gaps if 988 or Crisis Text Line change operations; reliance on Secretary-designated alternatives could delay consistent access in some areas.
School districts and taxpayers will incur printing, administrative, and website/portal update costs to add crisis contacts to ID cards and systems.
A one-year effective date delays physical card compliance, leaving some students without on-card crisis contacts during the transition.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires LEAs to include 988, Crisis Text Line, and state/local suicide hotline contacts on student ID cards or on school websites, portals, and student-facing software.
Introduced January 15, 2026 by Troy Carter · Last progress January 15, 2026
Requires local school districts that issue student ID cards to put contact information for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and any available state or local suicide prevention hotline on those cards. If a district does not issue student ID cards, it must publish the same contact information on its website, student portals, and student-facing software; the Department of Education will run outreach/awareness materials and may designate alternative contacts if 988 or the Crisis Text Line become unavailable.