METHODS

SDSPET measurement, and so a secondary editor of the MSDP reviewed the SDSPET and confirmed the face validity of the tool, affirming that it identifies best practices described in the model policy. SDSPET utilizes a binary scoring system to generate scores, a policy is evaluated for the presence (one point) or absence (zero points) of each criterion. The total policy score is the sum of individual scores from each subsection for a maximum possible score of 36. All criteria in SDSPET are equally weighted.

Policy Collection

Utah state law requires that all school districts make school board-approved policies publicly available on their school district website.27 School board-approved district policies regarding suicide prevention were obtained from district websites for all school districts in the state of Utah. A list of URLs of district policies is provided in Table S1.