HUNTER COLLEGE — Hunter’s Undergraduate Student Government has become the first CUNY to join a coalition of over 50 collegiate student governments across New York State to support the passage of the College Student Suicide Prevention Act.
Supported conceptually by nearly 30 lawmakers in the State Assembly and State Senate, the CSSPA would require colleges and universities to develop suicide prevention and intervention policies for enrolled students who seek additional mental health support on campuses. The legislative proposal bases itself off the Student Suicide Prevention Act, a proposed state bill carrying a similar goal of requiring suicide prevention measures for students, but limiting its scope to K-12 schools.
