School ID laws

Crisis lines on student IDs, state by state

35 states have a law that puts suicide and crisis hotline numbers on student IDs: 33 for K-12 schools and 27 for colleges. The grades covered vary by state, and 5 states cover every grade. The exact wording is set in 8 states, and 5 want the lines on staff IDs too.

Researched October 2026 against each state’s statute or session law.

Laws change. Check the law linked on each state’s page before you print. This isn’t legal advice.

States with a law

Each state’s page has its law, who it covers, the exact lines to print and a preview of the card back.

States with a law on crisis lines on student IDs
State	K-12 rule covers	College rule	Staff IDs	Exact wording
Arizona	K-12 rule coversSchool districts and charter schools, grades 9 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Arkansas	K-12 rule coversPublic and open-enrollment charter schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
California	K-12 rule coversPublic, charter and private schools serving any of grades 7 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Colorado	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, all grades	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Connecticut	K-12 rule coversPublic schools serving grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Delaware	K-12 rule coversPublic schools serving grades 7 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
Florida	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Georgia	K-12 rule coversPublic schools issuing badges to grades 6 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
Illinois	K-12 rule coversSchool districts, grades 6 to 12, for student and staff IDs	College ruleYes	Staff IDsYes, K-12	Exact wordingNo
Indiana	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Iowa	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, grades 7 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Kentucky	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Louisiana	K-12 rule coversPublic and approved nonpublic middle and high schools	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Maine	K-12 rule coversPublic school districts, grades 9 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Maryland	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Michigan	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools offering any of grades 6 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Minnesota	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter middle, junior high and high schools	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Mississippi	K-12 rule coversNo K-12 rule	College ruleYes	Staff IDsYes	Exact wordingYes
Missouri	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools serving any of grades 7 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Nebraska	K-12 rule coversPublic middle and high schools	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Nevada	K-12 rule coversSchool districts and charter schools, all grades, with SafeVoice on staff IDs too	College ruleYes	Staff IDsYes, K-12	Exact wordingNo
New Hampshire	K-12 rule coversPublic and chartered schools serving any of grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes, K-12
New Jersey	K-12 rule coversPublic schools with any of grades 7 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
New York	K-12 rule coversNo K-12 rule	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
North Carolina	K-12 rule coversPublic, charter and private schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
Ohio	K-12 rule coversPublic, community, STEM and chartered nonpublic schools serving any of grades 9 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Oklahoma	K-12 rule coversSchool districts and charter schools serving any of grades 7 to 12	College ruleNo	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
Rhode Island	K-12 rule coversMiddle and high schools, for student and staff IDs	College ruleNo	Staff IDsYes	Exact wordingNo
South Carolina	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools serving grades 7 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Tennessee	K-12 rule coversPublic school districts, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Texas	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools, grade 6 and up	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Virginia	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, all grades	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingYes
Washington	K-12 rule coversPublic and charter schools, all grades, for student and staff IDs	College ruleYes	Staff IDsYes	Exact wordingNo
West Virginia	K-12 rule coversPublic schools, grades 6 to 12	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo
Wisconsin	K-12 rule coversPublic and independent charter schools, all grades	College ruleYes	Staff IDsNo	Exact wordingNo

States with no law

We found no law that puts crisis lines on student IDs in these 15 states or the District of Columbia. As of October 2026, Kansas encourages it, and Massachusetts and Pennsylvania had bills pending.

Alabama
Alaska
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Massachusetts
Montana
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming

The national 988 line works in every state, and it’s what BadgeBadger prints on student IDs by default:

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call, Text, Chat 988.
(Chat.988lifeline.org)

Put the right lines on your student IDs

Pick your state in the starter gallery and the student ID templates print the lines its law asks for on the back. Where we found no law, they carry the national 988 line.

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