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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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+ Accountability
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+ Governance
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+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
- Health
NJSigned into law 12/2002P-12Integrated Pest Management Act
S.B. 137
Creates the School Integrated Pest Management Act; implements a policy for integrated pest management in public, private and charter schools...

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PASigned into law 12/2002P-12School Cafeterias
H.B. 2350
Amends the Public Eating and Drinking Place Code. Provides for health and safety inspections of school cafeterias and for training related t...

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UTAdopted 12/2002P-12Medical Recommendations by School Personnel to Parents
R277-611
Establishes rules to clarify for school personnel, parents, and guardians the recommendations or directions that school personnel may make o...

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NJAdopted 11/2002P-12Prohibition of Smoking on School Grounds STATE ID: 34 NJR 3157
NJAC 6A:16-1.3, 3.1
Clarifies rules regarding the prohibition of smoking or the use of any other tobacco product on school grounds. Adds a definition of school ...

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ORAdopted 11/2002P-12Form and Protocol for Physical Exams
OAC 581-021-0041
Adopts the form and protocol for physical exams to be required of all students participating in sports. Directs the Department to consult wi...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula
A.B. 2668
Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the state department of education, and contingent upon receipt of...

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CASigned into law 08/2002P-12Smoking Rules
A.B. 1867
Increases the fine and would expand the prohibited smoking and tobacco product disposal area to within 25 feet of a playground or a tot lot ...

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CASigned into law 08/2002P-12The Use of Sunscreen at School
S.B. 1632
Requires every schoolsite to allow pupils to use sunscreen during the school day without a physician's note or prescription and authorizes s...

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MASigned into law 08/2002P-12Students with Asthma May Possess and Use Prescription Inhalers
H.B. 4411
Forbids school districts from prohibiting students with asthma or other respiratory diseases from possessing and administering prescription ...

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NJSigned into law 08/2002Postsec.Hepatitis B
A.B. 1888
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education....

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OKSigned into law 08/2002P-12School Nurses
H.B. 2162
Creates the Certified School Professional Nurse Staff Task Force to identify strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of certified sc...

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ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 3744
Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2002P-12Children's Medications
S.B. 7746
Validates certain practices sanctioned by regulations, but not necessarily Title VIII of the Education Law, regarding the administration of ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12Emergency Medical Information Form for Bus Drivers and EMTs
H.B. 5939
Amends the School Code; provides that school districts are encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information form for bus driver...

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OHSigned into law 06/2002P-12Heimlich Maneuver
H.B. 384
Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food ...

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PATo governor 06/2002Postsec.Vaccinations
S.B. 955
Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education. Provides exemption if a waiver is s...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12I.D. Cards
H.B. 7176
Adds evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act takes effect upon passage....

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Pesticide Applications
S.B. 2465
This act would establish the conditions under which pesticide applications would occur at schools, pre- schools and child care centers and w...

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SCAct No. 06/2002P-12Vaccinations, Meningitis
H.B. 5133
Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify incoming students, or their parents, of the risk of contracting Meningococcal Dise...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Food Offerings
H.J.R. 646
Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar program...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Duties of Auditor General
H.B. 2347
Withdraws Auditor General's mandate to evaluate the Healthy Families and family literacy program; moves responsibility for family group deci...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics
H.B. 5179
Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Self-Administration of Asthma Medication
S.B. 472
Requires local boards to adopt a policy authorizing the self-administration of asthma medication by a student who has asthma, provided that ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1386
Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Asthma Control Program and School Personnel Asthma Training
H.B. 420
Creates an Asthma Control Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requires the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement t...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1163
Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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NYSigned into law 05/2002P-12Defibrillators
A.B. 10577, A.B. 8779
Relates to requiring school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and char...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12CPR Training
S.B. 2153
Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Physical Education
S.J.R. 569
Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness
H.B. 161
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat...

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AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Emergency Aid
S.B. 1190
Relates to emergency aid; provides that a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 who agrees with any person or scho...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Vision Screening of Young Children
S.B. 207
Vision screening examinations must be performed and submitted to the public school, public preschool, or Head Start program a child enters b...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Education School Nurse Consultant
H.B. 126
Establishes a full-time position of education school nurse consultant within the Department of Education; specifies data collection and repo...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Immunization Tracking Registry
H.B. 91A
In section relating to immunization tracking registry, states that parental consent is to be considered general consent given for treatment ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1409
Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate t...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Child Immunization
H.B. 1624
Resolve authorizing emergency adoption of legislation regarding immunization of children. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD21...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations
S.B. 2249
Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend...

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WASigned into law 04/2002P-12Children with Diabetes
S.B. 6641
Relates to accommodating children with diabetes in schools; requires that an individual health plan for each diabetic child, parental signed...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Indoor School Air Quality
S.B. 407
Requires the state department of health to establish an indoor air quality in schools program, and to inspect the air quality of schools ann...

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INSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.University students must be immunized for meningococcal disease
H.B. 1161
Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qua...

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KSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Pupil Health tests and Inoculations
H.B. 2809
Concerns public health departments; relates to tests and inoculations for pupils enrolling in schools; provides that a county, city-county o...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Students May Self-Administer Asthma Medication
H.B. 353
Permits public and private school students to self- administered asthma medications when the school receives written authorization from the ...

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MIPublic Act No. 03/2002P-12Procedures for Medication Administration by Nonmedical Personnel
H.B. 4672
Requires the Department of Health to review all current procedures for the administration of medications to students in schools by nonmedica...

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UTVetoed 03/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 123
Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a child, including the use of psychotropic drugs; provides crimin...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Smoking Prohibition
H.B. 939
Prohibits smoking in the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; areas within 50 feet of any such building en...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Medication or Treatment Orders
H.B. 2834
Requires a medication or treatment order as a condition for children with life-threatening conditions to attend public schools; defines medi...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Air Quality in New Schools
S.B. 32
Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 90
Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies prohibiting certain school personnel from recommending the use of a psychotro...

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+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
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+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Official English
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
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+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
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+ Middle School
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+ No Child Left Behind
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+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
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+ P-3 Finance
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+ P-3 Preschool
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+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
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+ Private Schools
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+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
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+ Standards
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+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
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+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
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+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
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+ Technology
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+ Textbooks and Open Source
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