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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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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education 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 Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Funding Formulas 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--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health NJ Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Integrated 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.... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 School 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 to school cafeterias. Makes editorial changes.... More... UT Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Medical 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 or give parents or guardians about specific treatments or medications for their children. Inappropriate Medical Recommend... More... NJ Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Prohibition 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 grounds and extends to include the smoking of any substance and the use of tobacco products in school buildings and on s... More... OR Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Form 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 with the interscholastic activity organization that oversees these activities, the Oregon School Activities Association, i... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Brain 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 funds, to review, acquire and circulate brain and spinal cord injury prevention curricula for voluntary use by distric... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Smoking 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 sandbox area.... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 The 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 schoolsites to set a policy related to use of sunscreen.... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Students 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 inhalers in accordance with department of public health regulations. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/house/ht04411.ht... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Hepatitis B A.B. 1888 Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.... More... OK Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 2162 Creates the Certified School Professional Nurse Staff Task Force to identify strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of certified school nurses, especially in rural and inner-city areas.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 3744 Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary action that is based totally or in part on the refusal of a student's parent or guardian to administer or consent to the... More... NY Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Children's Medications S.B. 7746 Validates certain practices sanctioned by regulations, but not necessarily Title VIII of the Education Law, regarding the administration of medication to children, pending the development of appropriate legislation to address the issue permanently. http://ass... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Emergency 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 drivers and emergency medical technicians for those students with special needs or medical conditions, to be filled out by the... More... OH Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Heimlich 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 service to students.... More... PA To governor 06/2002 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 955 Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education. Provides exemption if a waiver is signed by student's parent or guardian.... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 I.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.... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 Pesticide 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 would provide for prior notice of pesticide applications to parents and guardians of children and to school staff. This a... More... SC Act No. 06/2002 P-12 Vaccinations, Meningitis H.B. 5133 Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify incoming students, or their parents, of the risk of contracting Meningococcal Disease if living in on campus student housing; requires these institutions to recommend vaccinations against this disease i... More... TN Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Food 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 programs.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Duties 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 decision making program reports from auditor general to department. Requires report on Health Start program to be delivered ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Colocation 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 school-based health clinics in order to improve access to services and to make the delivery of services more cost-efficie... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Self-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 any student who is authorized for self-administration of asthma medication under such policy may possess and use his or ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Special 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 Maryland School-Based Health Care Center Policy Advisory Council; State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; and State Commiss... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Asthma 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 the Program; provides for the funding of the Program; provides training for school personnel or other appropriate personn... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School-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 within the Office for Children, Youth, and Families. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1163t.rtf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore 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. Require Baltimore board and CEO to ensure increased community involvement and outreach in support of the city's public 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... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 CPR 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 commensurate with the learning expectations within the lifetime wellness curriculum.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Physical 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 educational experience; encourages public schools to promote physical activity and well-being among students to combat prevalen... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Governor'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.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb161.htm... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Emergency 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 school to voluntarily attend an amateur athletic practice, contest or other event to render emergency health care without co... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous 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 student member. Also requires school districts and nonpublic schools to report number of ninth graders who do not graduate f... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Vision 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 between the ages of 3 and 6 years old.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Education 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 reporting for schools and local health departments; requires protocols on school health services to be maintained in each sc... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Immunization 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 and release of information to other providers or to the office of public health. Requires immunization providers to meet... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Meals 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 the Program each year. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1409t.rtf... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Immunization H.B. 1624 Resolve authorizing emergency adoption of legislation regarding immunization of children. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD212401.doc... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 State 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. Recommends duration and frequency of physical education classes in grades K-9, beginning with 2002-2003 school year.... More... WA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Children 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 release form, medical equipment jand storage capacity, exceptions from school policies, school schedule, meals and eati... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Indoor 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 annually. Establishes the school air quality panel. Allows monies from a school corporation's capital projects fund to carr... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. 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 qualify for an exemption from the immunization requirement.... More... KS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Pupil 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 or multicounty health department shall provide without delay and to the extent that funds designated by such health depar... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Students 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 parent and health care provider; requires statements to be kept on file at the school; requires parent or guardian to si... More... MI Public Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Procedures 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 nonmedical personnel and to revise them as necessary; requires the development of new model procedures and encourages all school ... More... UT Vetoed 03/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 123 Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a child, including the use of psychotropic drugs; provides criminal penalties; provides that the Division of Child and family services may not initiate an investigation or remove a mino... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Smoking 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 entrance or exit; and outdoor school functions on school grounds where students are present.... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Medication 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 medication or treatment order as the authority a registered nurse obtains; defines life threatening condition as a health co... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Air 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, ventilation and air conditioning systems; requires training of personnel in the maintenance and operation of such system... More... VA Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 90 Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies prohibiting certain school personnel from recommending the use of a psychotropic medications for any student; provides such policies shall not prohibit school health staff for making such recommend... More... 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