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From the ECS State Policy Database 2000 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2000. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--High Stakes/Competency At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Equity Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Brain/Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula A.B. 1879 Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center in conjunction with the State Department of Education to review and adopt brain and spi... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Students with Diabetes S.B. 1320 Requires every school to permit any pupil with diabetes to test his or her blood glucose levels either in classrooms or very close to classr... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Three -Year Health Study A.B. 2670 Establishes, until 1/1/2006, a committee to conduct a three-year study relating to school nurses and pupil health. Appoints and convenes the... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Panel of Experts A.B. 2068 Encourages the Regents of the University of California to convene, to the extent that sufficient annual funds are provided for this purpose,... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Health Care for Low-Income Students A.B. 1735 Relates to services to pupils. Requires the governing board of each school district and the county superintendent of schools, as part of the... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 The Use of Pesticides In Schools A.B. 786 Requires a specified program of training in the handling and application of pesticides by school employees, as defined. Requires the Departm... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Pest Control A.B. 2260 Establishes the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. Requires that the state take the necessary steps, pursuant to specified provisions, to facilit... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injectors in Schools A.B. 1791 Authorizes a pharmacy to furnish epinephrine auto-injectors to a school district or county office of education if certain conditions are met... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Hepatitis A and Schools A.B. 1594 Adds hepatitis A to the diseases specified for total immunization, as specified, effective 07/01/03, except with regard to pupils who were a... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Whistle Blower Provision A.B. 800 Chapter No.265, Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to adopt a system that will shield the identity of and provide to pupils w... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 First Aid Cources S.B. 1733 Authorizes, as of 1/1/2001, an individual program of professional growth to include a course in first aid that meets or exceeds the standard... More... DE Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Health Screening S.B. 405 Delays the mandatory requirement that all kindergarten enrollees have a documented screening for lead poisoning for admission or continued e... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Requires Eye Exams by First Grade H.B. 6711 Requires that all school children, prior to the first grade, shall be given an eye examination by a physician or an optometrist.... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 School Health Programs A.B. 2877 Existing law requires the governing board or a district and county superintendent to make applications for free or reduced-price meals avail... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Background Screening of School Health Employees S.B. 2034 Relates to health care; relates to kidney dialysis patients; relates to the Children's Medical Services Program; relates to the Brain and Sp... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Health Insurance and Medicaid Rules H.B. 2329 Allows health records to be provided to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; creates a disproportionate share program for children's hospitals;... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Scholarship S.B. 212 Establishes the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps scholarship program to help low-wage early childhood staff obtain further training;... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Lunch & Breakfast Program H.B. 2379 Public Act No., Creates the Childhood Hunger Prevention Act and amends the School Free Lunch Program Act; changes the name of the Act to the... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Health Care Screenings H.B. 2067 Public Act No. 91-842., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school dist... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Nuses Can Administer Drugs H.B. 2977 Public Act No. 91-719., Amends the School Code; allows a school board to permit a school employee that is a non-certificated registered prof... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Medicaid Funds To Schools H.B. 2067 Public Act No., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district pro... More... OK Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Smoking Prevention H.B. 2313 Enacts the Oklahoma Youth Smoking Prevention Act; defines terms and creates the Youth Smoking Prevention Fund.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Psychiatric Medication of Children H.R. 1079 Act No. 80., Creates the Commission on Psychiatric Medication of School-Age Children.... More... HI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Enforcement of Health Requirements H.B. 2521 Enables the Department of Health to enforce school health requirements more uniformly by replacing statutory requirements for documentation ... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Tobacco Use Prevention H.B. 2565 Relates to tobacco use prevention and control, especially among youth; establishes an initiative; creates a department and a commission on t... More... MD Vetoed 05/2000 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 653 Requires students living in on-campus student housing to receive a vaccination for menigococcal disease or sign a specified waiver; provides... More... MI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Immunization Status H.B. 5291, H.B. 5292, H.B. 5293 Public Acts 89, 90, 91. Relates to conditions of school aid; requires immunization status assessment for children entering sixth grade.... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Use of Education Trust Fund H.B. 1316 Prohibits school districts from using disbursements from the Education Trust Fund as unanticipated revenue.... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Meningitis Vaccination S.B. 808 Requires the Department of Health And Senior Services to establish public awareness campaign about meningitis; requires all institutions of ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Environmental Clearinghouse H.B. 192 Provides for a school environmental health clearinghouse on the Department of Health's website; provides for the development of a model scho... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Tobacco Education Advisory Council H.B. 2316 Creates the Tobacco Education Prevention Advisory Council consisting of 16 members, to serve no more than two consecutive five year terms.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Tobacco on School Campuses H.B. 2558 Permits tobacco products on school campuses and at school-related events when they are in the possession of an adult as a necessary componen... More... GA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Peachcare for Kids H.B. 1214 Act No. 655., Creates the Peachcare for Kids Program (children's health insurance); changes the provisions relating to eligibility; provide... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Unhealthy Conditions in Schools H.B. 668 Requires school districts to identify and abate unsafe and unhealthy conditions in schools in the district; creates a School Safety and Heal... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Vaccinations H.B. 564 Requires immunization certificates for hepatitis B for sixth grade school children; provides that the requirement will sunset following the ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Lead Screening H.B. 1221 Requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to require children entering a school to have been administered a ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Vaccinations H.B. 227 Requires certain students enrolled in institutions of higher education to receive a certain vaccination or sign a certain waiver; requires p... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Administering Medication S.B. 424 (LD 1261); Requires unlicensed school personnel to be trained before administering medication to students in Maine's public schools and appr... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/2000 P-12 Testing for Lead S.B. 725 Requires proof of testing for elevated blood lead levels in the comprehensive physical examination required for first time admission to publ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Administering Drugs to Students H.B. 1391 Provides an exception from the Drug Control Act for persons who administer drugs to students in Virginia public schools in accordance with a... More... MI Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Inhalers for Asthma S.B. 631 Public Act 10., Relates to students and education; allows students to possess and use inhalers for asthma at school; exempts school personne... More... MI Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Immunity S.B. 614 Public Act 9., Relates to education; revises qualified immunity for administering medication in public schools for certain school employees.... More... NE Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Tobacco Fund Settlement L.B. 1436 Relates to the tobacco fund settlement; creates the Teen Tobacco Education and Prevention Project; creates a committee and a fund; harmonize... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Teen Smoking H.B. 1243 Authorizes the Department of Human Services to develop and implement programs aimed at reducing the use of tobacco by youth; accepts and exp... More... UT Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Health/Sex Education H.B. 411 Relates to public schools; modifies the instruction requirements pertaining to community and personal health, physiology, personal hygiene, ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Asthma Inhalers H.B. 1010 Allows school principals, after certain conditions have been satisfied, to permit students who have a diagnosis of asthma and approval from ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Vaccinations S.B. 42 Requires a varicella immunization for school entry.... More... TN Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Coordinated Health Program H.B. 674 Provides for coordinated school health program; requires program to include, but not be limited to, school nurses, health education, school ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Elementary School Physicals S.B. 437 Allows licensed nurse practitioner acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide a report of a comprehensive physical exam... More... 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