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From the ECS State Policy Database 2002 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2002. 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]. 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More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Youth Peddling H.B. 974 Amends the Child Labor Law. Provides for youth peddling under certain conditions. Requires signed consent from parent or guardian, adult supervision, and restrictions on hours of peddling. Requires school officials charged with issuing employment certificates ... More... WV Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Code of Conduct STATE ID: 126-99 Title 126, Series 99 The purpose is to provide districts with a policy of student conduct that will ensure an orderly and safe environment that is conducive to learning. These regulations also require that public schools respond immediately and consistently to incidents of harassm... More... DE Rule Adoption 11/2002 P-12 School/Police Relations 14 DAC 601 Amends regulation regarding school and police relations. Includes charter schools and alternative schools in the requirements of the regulation. Clarifies the list of school crimes that must be reported to the Department of Education. DELAWARE REG 1257 (SN) ht... More... MA Signed into law 10/2002 P-12 State and Local Policies on Student Overnight or Early Morning Travel H.B. 4937 Requires every local board to establish a policy concerning student travel that is planned to occur between the hours of midnight and 6 A.M., or that will include an overnight stay away from home. The policy must address such issues as safety of transportation... More... OR Adopted 10/2002 Postsec. Code of Student Conduct OAR 577-031-0131 thru 577-031-0148 Clarifies and expands certain areas through the use of a student-faculty committee, regarding the Code of Student Conduct and responsibilities. Provides additional appeal rights to students. Includes other changes as required by law. OREGON REG 23748 (SN)... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 Postsec. Auditing higher ed. institution's crime statistics A.B. 2533 Requires the State Auditor, by 1/1/2004, and every 3 years thereafter, to report the results of an audit of a sample of not less than 6 institutions of postsecondary education that receive federal student aid, to evaluate the accuracy of their statistics and t... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Parent Notification A.B. 2198 Authorizes a school principal, or his or her designee, to notify each pupil's parent or legal guardian and each school employee in writing of the general nature of a violent crime, that occurs on the schoolsite of an elementary or secondary school of which he ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Rules for teachers convicted as sex offenders. S.B. 1656 Requires the Commission on Teachers Credentialing to deny the application of any applicant who is required to register as a sex offender. Requires the commission to suspend the credential of any credential holder who is required to register as a sex offender. ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 School Bus Safety A.B. 2681 Relates to the requirement that school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2002, and purchased or leased for use in California have a passenger restraint system. Applies these provisions to any type 2 school pupil activity buses manufactured on or after ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Campus Sexual Assault A.B. 2583 Requires the governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, Board of Directors, Hastings College of Law and the Regents of the University of California to adopt and implement a written procedure or protocol... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Reasons for Expulsion, Suspension A.B. 1901 Relates to those acts for which a pupil may be suspended from school or expelled including damage, theft or receipt of stolen school property. Includes electronic files and databases within the meaning of school property. Authorizes a pupil to be suspended or ... More... MA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Crime of Communicating Terrorist Threats S.B. 2122 Establishes the crime of communicating terrorists threats; prohibits threats that cause evacuation of a school, school related event or school transportation, or that cause serious public inconvenience or alarm; provides for a hearing after conviction to ascer... More... NY Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 School Speed Zones S.B. 5271 Provides for greater flexibility in the hours school speed zones are in effect and in the boundaries established for school speed zones.... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Background Checks and Fingerprinting of Charter School Staff S.B. 1008E Requires that upon the conviction of a person of an offense in this title or of any felony, if the person is teaching in a charter school, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the opinion of the court or magistrate, if any opinion is filed, shall be sen... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Cell Phone/Pager Ban Repealed--Local Boards to Establish Policies S.B. 1253 Repeals former ban on student possession of any electronic signaling device (pager or cell phone) on school grounds, while attending school-sponsored activities, or while under the supervision of school district employees, without prior consent of principal. P... More... CA To governor 08/2002 P-12 Rules for prohibiting certain individuals from being on campus. A.B. 2593 Provides that it is unlawful for a person who is not a student, officer, or employee to return to the campus after being directed to leave without following the posted requirements to contact the administrative offices of the campus. Specifies these provisions... More... IL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Conflict Resolution H.B. 1692 Provides that only a school board that adopts a policy to incorporate activities to address intergroup conflict must make information available to the public that describes the manner in which the board has implemented the authority granted to it; declares tha... More... IL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Cellular Telecommunications Devices H.B. 3938 Rescinds former ban on student use or possession of of cellular radio telecommunication devices by a student while in a school or on school property, during regular school hours, or at any other time. Provides that a school board may establish appropriate rule... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Student's Disciplinary Records S.B. 256 Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts. Specifies that written consent of the parent or adult student shall not be required as a condition of transfer of this information; however, wri... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Assault S.B. 1198 Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault at a school or community sponsored youth sports event.... More... OK Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Discipline Task Force H.B. 1043 Creates the Task Force on Discipline in Schools to study and make recommendations on the issue.... More... CA Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 New Rules For School Safety Programs A.B. 2484 Amends existing law which requires school districts to expend funding for education to promote school safety and to reduce school site violence and other eligible purposes. Provides and implements instructional curricula and materials on the prevention of scho... More... CA Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Sale of the Drug Soma A.B. 662 Authorizes a superintendent or the principal of a school in which a pupil is enrolled to suspend or recommend for expulsion a pupil who unlawfully offers, arranges to sell, negotiates to sell, or sells the prescription drug Soma.... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 07/2002 P-12 The Safety of Children in Child Care Programs A.B. 2555 Provides that if a contracted agency which provides child care and development service, places a person who has been convicted of specified theft-related crimes in a defined position of fiscal responsibility or control, the agency may have its contract suspend... More... CO Enacted 07/2002 Postsec. Concerning cooperation between higher education institutions and federal anti-terrorism efforts SB 113 Act requires higher education institutions to adopt guidelines to govern how they will provide information to the FBI, CIA, INS and Office of Homeland Security in connection with anti-terrorism investigations.... More... FL Signed into law 07/2002 Postsec. Sexual predators and higher education institutions HB 841 Act defines terms "institution of higher education" and "change in enrollment of employment status" for purposes of the Florida Sexual Predators Act; provides additional registration requirements for sexual predators who are enrolled, employed or working at an... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 School Crisis Assistance Team H.B. 6038 Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to utilize volunteer personnel from a regional School Crisis Assistance Team to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or other traumatic incidents within a school community by providing crisis interven... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Student Records Release and Crime Reporting H.B. 2421 Provides that a school district may release pupil attendance, disciplinary and other educational records to a law enforcement agency, county attorney or tribal authority so that a juvenile justice system may provide appropriate programs and service to interven... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 Postsec. Anti-Terrorism Measures S.B. 113 Requires administrators at state-supported institutions of higher education to cooperate with and implement all anti-terrorism measures requested or promulgated by the FBI, CIA, Immigration and Naturalization Services, Office of Homeland Security, or any other... More... CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance H.B. 5425 Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in legislation, including a system enabling students to anonymously report acts of bullying to teachers and school administrat... More... CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Sexual Harassment by Coach H.B. 5722 Establishes as sexual assault in the second degree any incidence of sexual intercourse between a coach or a person who provides intensive, ongoing instruction and a recipient of such coaching or instruction who is a secondary school student or under 18. Establ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Safe Routes to Schools Program S.B. 353 Requires the department of transportation to establish and administer a "Safe Routes to School" program; requires the Department to make grants available to entities under the program based on the results of a statewide competition that requires submission of ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School Building Safety/Fire Inspections S.B. 1545 Allows for only one one-year extension to be granted a school to make improvements to bring buildings up to school building safety code standards. Fire officials are to provide written notice to schedule times for fire safety checks. No more than 2 routine in... More... MI Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Students Convicted of Specific Crimes May Not Obtain Driver's License S.B. 645 Provides that certain minors who have been convicted of or who have received a juvenile disposition for making a false report of a crime involving a school shall not be eligible to obtain a driver's or chauffeur's license or begin graduated licensing training ... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Harassment & Bullying Policies A.B. 1874 Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Disciplinary Records Transfer S.B. 256 Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Athletic Codes of Conduct A.B. 446 Permits the establishment of athletic codes of conduct; requires sports violence management counseling prior to resuming attendance; requires the Attorney General to promulgate a model athletic code of conduct.... More... OH Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Discharge of Firearms H.B. 442 Prohibits, in specified circumstances, the discharge of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school building or of the school boundaries of any school premises.... More... RI To governor 06/2002 Postsec. Registration of Sex Offenders H.B. 7924 This act requires the registration of convicted sex offenders who are enrolled at or employed by any institution of higher education. Takes effect upon passage.... More... SC Signed into law 06/2002 Postsec. Campus Safety H.B. 3309 Relates to registration of sex offenders; enacts the State Campus Sexual Assault Information Act which requires institutions of higher learning to develop, publish and implement policies and practices to promote prevention, awareness and remedies for campus se... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Interference with or Disruption of an Educational Institution S.B. 1067 Defines and classifies crime of "interference with or disruption of an educational institution;" requires local boards to adopt rules pursuant to section; includes explosive chemical, combinations of such chemicals and compounds and materials intended to explo... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Sex Offenders Residency S.B. 1202 Prohibits offender convicted of sexual conduct with or molestation of a minor under 15 and living under community supervision from living within 440 feet of a school or its accompanying grounds. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0223.htm... More... CO Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Reporting by School Employees of Suspected Sex Offenses Against Children S.B. 187 Includes "unlawful sexual behavior" under definitions of "abuse" and "child abuse or neglect." Requires public and private school officials and employees to report allegations of child abuse to law enforcement agencies immediately upon receipt of such informat... More... CT Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Sexual Abuse of Minors and Child Abuse and Teacher Records H.B. 5680 Lengthens statutes of limitations in cases of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a minor to 30 years from date of victim's attainment of age of majority. Adds section stating that in certain cases of recovering damages for personal injury c... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Safe Paths to Schools Program H.B. 1181 Establishes the Safe Paths to Schools Program in the Department of Transportation to consider the planning and construction of bicycle and pedestrian ways to provide safe transportation for children; authorizes a grant program to fund projects and provides rul... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: School Bus Inspections and Hazardous Walking Conditions S.B. 20E Changes requirement that school buses be inspected a minimum of once a month to requirement that they be inspected pursuant to state board rule. Modifies groups eligible to determine a hazardous walking condition from "any of the following: representative of s... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: New Section on Student Conduct and Parental Involvement Goals S.B. 20E Establishes legislative intent that 1) every K-12 public school student attend school throughout the school year and comply with the school's code of conduct; and 2) parents of every public K-12 student "comply with the school's reasonable and time-acceptable ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Zero Tolerance Policies S.B. 20E According to legislative summary, "The possession of a firearm at school is included as grounds for required expulsion." In addition, "A school district zero-tolerance policy is required to include referral to the criminal or juvenile justice system." http://w... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Requirement to Report Student-on-Student Sexual Battery S.B. 20E Creates new section requiring instructional or administrative personnel who know of student-on-student-sexual battery to report the offense to a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction. See bill section 761, page 1416, line 4 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Student Conduct S.B. 291 Requires local boards to adopt policies prescribing and governing student conduct and safety rules on all public school buses. Requires policies to include specified prohibitions. Students found guilty of committing physical acts of violence are to be discipli... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Visitor Check-In Required H.B. 161 Requires that anyone entering an elementary or secondary school who is not a student at such school, an employee of the school or school system, a school board member, an approved volunteer following the established guidelines of the school, or a person who ha... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School Notification of Sex Offenders H.B. 1054 Requires the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to notify all elementary and secondary schools and the Office of School Readiness and the Department of Social Services to notify day-care and group day- care centers within a county of the names and addresses of al... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Residency Restrictions of Registered Sex Offenders S.B. 2197 Prohibits a registered sex offender from residing within 2,000 feet of a public or nonpublic school or child care facility. Also prohibits person who has committed a criminal offense against a minor, or an aggravated offense, sexually violent offense, or other... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Hours at Which Baltimore Officers May Carry Firearms on School Property H.B. 529 Permits Baltimore City school police officer to carrying a firearm on property of assigned school any time before or after regular school hours on school days or on days in which school is not in session. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0529e.rtf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Pagers on School Property in Baltimore County H.B. 1010 Repeals a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property in Baltimore County. Specifies that pagers are now prohibited in Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester counties. Requires the Baltimore board to ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Student Behavior Intervention Procedures and Task Force H.B. 569 Defines terms used in student behavior intervention, such as "behavior intervention plan," "exclusionary time out," "functional behavior assessment," "mechanical restraint," "physical restraint," "seclusion." Deletes formerly established procedures for behavi... More... MN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Information Sharing Between Schools and Law Enforcement Agencies H.B. 2618 Relates to data practices; regulates the dissemination of data between schools, law enforcement, and the juvenile justice system; requires public employees and officers to make prompt reports of certain unlawful actions; authorizes providing certain data to th... More... NH Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Liability of Teachers S.B. 155 Allows the court to award attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing parties when it finds that a frivolous action has been brought against a teacher or employee of a school district or one of its contract service providers; protects public and private school... More... NY Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Defibrillators A.B. 10577, A.B. 8779 Relates to requiring school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and charter schools to retain on premises at least 1 functional cardiac automated external defibrillator; provides that where a ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Paging Devices H.B. 3623 Defines paging devices to include mobile telephones and requires school boards to adopt policies that address student possession of paging devices. Policies must be included in the district's written student conduct standards and must allow for the return of ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Crimes Against Postsecondary Students S.B. 2678 Relates to the reporting of certain crime statistics by the bureau of investigation; includes statistics as crimes against the students of institutions of higher education that are committed within the county where such school is located; includes crime data c... More... DE Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Community Notification of Sex Offenders H.B. 458 Requires a sex offender who is also a student attending school to notify the principal that the student is on the sex offender registry; requires that sex offenders include their future place of study as well as employment on sex offender registration forms; a... More... FL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Loitering in Public or Private School Safety Zone H.B. 1423 Prohibits certain persons from entering or loitering within a public or private school safety zone as defined in the act; provides a second degree misdemeanor penalty for violations; relates to persons who do not have legitimate business in the school safety z... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Body Armor for security departments H.B. 338 Act amends law to include university safety and security departments in list of those to receive proceeds of firearm sales to buy body armor and those authorized to dispose of firearms.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Fire Prevention Fund H.B. 829 Creates the "Michael Minger fire prevention fund" with funds collected from civil fines; uses the funds to educate students and campus personnel of postsecondary education institutions regarding the dangers of fire and methods of fire prevention; investigates ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Assault of School Employee or Volunteer S.B. 80 Renders third degree assault any incidence of recklessly, with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or intentionally causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a public or private elementary or secondary school employee or volunteer acting in the co... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Traffic Control Devices S.B. 52A Requires traffic control devices at all public railroad grade crossings located within one-half mile of any elementary or secondary school; includes warning signs; requires the Department of Transportation to identify all public highway railroad grade crossing... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Removal of Students Who Threaten Harm H.B. 1474 Mandates that school boards include in the required district-wide student code of conduct policies regarding the removal from classrooms or school buses of students who make threats of death or physical harm to others. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/bill... More... NH Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Indoor Air Quality, Fire Safety H.B. 329 Establishes a committee to study indoor air quality and fire safety in public schools.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Bullying Prevention Act S.B. 992 The purpose of the School Bullying Prevention Act is to provide a comprehensive approach for the public schools of this state to create an environment free of unnecessary disruption which is conducive to the learning process by implementing policies for the pr... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Resource Officers S.B. 295 Defines a school resource officer as a trained certified law-enforcement officer hired by a local law-enforcement agency; provides law-enforcement and security services to Virginia public elementary and secondary school. A school security officer is an indivi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 Postsec. Foreign Student Withdrawals H.B. 364 Directs the governing board of each public two or four year institutions of higher education to develop and implement a procedure for reporting withdrawals of students attending the relevant institution pursuant to a student visa granted by the Immigration and... More... IA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 School Security and Emergency Preparedness Procedures H.B. 2151 Adds certain information concerning school security procedures or emergency preparedness to the list of public records kept confidential.... More... IA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Sex Offenders Employed/Studying at Postsecondary Institutions H.B. 2338 Requires sex offender to register as such within five days of moving into a county where an institution of higher education is located, if that person is a student or employed at the institution of higher education.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Hazing Prohibited at Schools H.B. 594 Amends existing law to prohibit students on or near schools from hazing any member, potential member or person pledged to be a member of a group or organization as a condition or precondition of gaining membership in the group or organization; provides excepti... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Student Voluntary Disclosure of Alcohol or Drug Use H.B. 548 Revises the procedure governing the response by school employees when a student makes a voluntary disclosure and when a student is reasonably suspected to be using or under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.... More... MI Public Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Use of Technology to Disrupt Education Operations S.B. 942 Provides penalties for the use of the Internet or other electronic or telecommunication system or device to disrupt the functions of public safety, education, commercial or government operations.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Codes of Student Conduct S.B. 2209 Reenacts and amends section requiring local boards to provide a code of student conduct; specifies points which code of conduct must address, including procedures for removal of disruptive student from classroom.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 School Resource Officers H.B. 498, S.B. 295 Defines a school resource officer as a trained, certified law-enforcement officer hired by a local law-enforcement agency to provide security services to Virginia public schools and a school security officer employed by the local school board to maintain order... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Theft of Prescription Medicines H.B. 692 Adds theft or threatened theft of student prescription medications to those incidents required to be reported to school authorities, that, in turn, are to be reported to the division superintendent for annual reporting to the Department of Education; requires ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Acts of Terrorism H.B. 46 Adds incidents involving acts of terrorism to those crises and events that must be addressed in the school crisis and emergency plan to be developed by each public school in the Commonwealth.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Contacting Parents During a Crisis H.B. 886, S.B. 230 Directs the Virginia Center for School Safety, the Coordinator of Emergency Management, and the Board of Education to include, within the Model School Crisis and Emergency Management Plan for public schools, effective procedures and means by which parents can ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Assault on Employees H.B. 427 Provides that any person who commits battery against any employee of any public or private elementary or secondary school engaged in the performance of his duties shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor with mandatory, minimum sentence or, if a weapon is used... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Safety S.B. 6351 Relates to safety of school employees and students; defines threats of violence or harm; provides methods for disclosing student records regarding court and history of violence; allows the superintendent to adopt a model policy and post it on his or her websit... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Harassment, Bullying H.B. 1444 Relates to preventing harassment, intimidation, or bullying in schools; relates to the physical harm of a student or the students property; relates to false accusations; relates to students, school employees, or volunteers; provides that each school district s... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Zero Tolerance, Alternative Education S.B. 4 Defines terms; expands defined terms to include definitions for alternative education and dangerous student; sale of narcotics and possession of deadly weapons and controlled substances on educational facility premises, vehicles and at school-sponsored functio... More... ME Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Childfind and Early Childhood Special Education Programs H.B. 1476 Establishes as major substantive rules sections establishing and maintaining a statewide network that ensures the provisions of childfind for families and children from birth to 5 and rules governing the eligibility for and delivery of free appropriate public ... More... VA Signed by Governor 02/2002 P-12 Acts of Terrorism H.B. 46 Adds incidents involving acts of terrorism to those crises and events that must be addressed in the school crisis and emergency plan to be developed by each public school in the Commonwealth.... More... CA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Omnibus Bill - School Safety Component A.B. 804 Establishes the School Safety and Violence Prevention Act. Program to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall provide funds to school districts serving pupils in any of grades 8 to 12, inclusive, for the purpose of promoting sch... More... 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