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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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 | Health |
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present; clarifies that the prohibition on smoking or carrying lighted tobacco on a bus or other public conveyance applies to school buses or other vehicle owned or contracted for by a public or nonpublic school, college, university or professional training school that are used to transport students to and from school and school related activities.
Title: A.B. 3168
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a 3-year pilot program whereby any school district may participate in the program of pupil screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Specifies individuals who may perform and supervise the screenings and the procedures for the process, including, compliance with standards and procedures developed by the State Department of Education. Provides for parent or guardian notification of any pupil suspected of being at elevated risk. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_766_bill_20031010_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 766
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires if a student vision appraisal is conducted in a public school, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil vision, which he or she would be instructed to delivery to his or her parent or guardian. Sets forth the contents of the notice and questionnaire. Provides these items may be included with any other written communication and it may be sent to the parents or guardian of pupils not subject to such appraisal. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_606_bill_20030911_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 606
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical training to school personnel to administer emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia if standards are developed. Permits certain pupils to test their blood glucose level and provide diabetes self-care in any area of the school or grounds upon parent or guardian request. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_942_bill_20031009_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 942
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department of education, prior to conducting a follow-up adoption of basic educational materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, to notify all publishers and manufacturers known to produce basic instructional materials in a subject area, that a fee will be assessed based on the number of programs the publisher or manufacturer indicates will be submitted. Relates to funding for certain children's mental health services. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1058_bill_20031011_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 1058
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 10/2003 | P-12 | Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and certification of educators. Regulation was renumbered to reflect its movement to the Professional Standards Board portion of the Department of Education regulations. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%201500%20Professional%20Standards%20Board.htm#P923_105826
Title: 14 DAC 1580
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| WI | Signed into law 10/2003 | Postsec. | Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about the vaccination status of students.
Title: A.B. 344
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Makes certain restrictions of the sale of food items in school operative if funding is appropriated for certain nutritional purposes. Prohibits the sale of certain beverages to pupils in elementary, middle or junior high schools effective July 1, 2004. Exempts the sale of certain beverages at specified school events from those prohibits. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_677_bill_20030917_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 677
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities, including, but not limited to, rest-room facilities for pupils, are functional and that they meet local hygiene standards generally applicable to public facilities. Requires the same priority for use of funds from the State School Deferred Maintenance Fund. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1124_bill_20030912_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1124
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing any contract for the sale of carbonated beverages or non-nutritious beverages and certain non-nutritious food within the school district unless the board provides written notice to parents or guardians of pupils regarding the contract and provides an opportunity to comment on the contract at a public hearing at a regularly scheduled board meeting. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_65_bill_20030922_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 65
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and cooling requirements for school cafeteria kitchens; provides applicable in cities of one million or more; provides that such standards shall require that all construction performed to meet such standards shall conform to building codes and nationally recognized ventilation construction standards.
Title: S.B. 3445
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0530
Title: S.B. 1081
Source: Illinois Legislation Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and transplantation programs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0547
Title: S.B. 372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health examinations. Requires individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's parent or guardian written notification, before the vision screening is conducted, that states that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor and that the child is not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=805&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3675&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 805
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products in public school buildings.
Title: S.B. 583
Source: StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the child's parent or guardian or a bona fide medical care provider. includes a child care facility operated by a public or private school; allows emergency medical treatment by a bona find medical care provider.
Title: S.B. 226
Source: StateNet
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| WI | Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)
Title: HFS 144
Source: StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions on students, and provides protection for nonprofit organizations that sponsor programs that may be attended by children who may require cartridge injectors. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5931&which_year=2003
Title: H.B. 5931
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autism diagnosis education programs for medical practitioners, school personnel, day care providers, parents and community service providers. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1809&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2622&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1809
Source: Illinois
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants may screen children for lead poisoning in conjunction with the school health exam when, in the physician's judgment, the child is potentially at high risk of lead poisoning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=207&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=442&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 207
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Provides for the self-administration of asthma medication by students attending public or nonpublic schools upon written parental and medical authorization; provides immunity for school personnel. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1026
Title: H.B. 56
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any student or to test or require a test for a child's behavior without the prior written permission from the parents or guardians. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A9D9FDA2A5E7F0AF87256C5A0061D3CE?Open&file=1172_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1172
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medications and treatments. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%20800%20Health%20and%20Safety.htm#P4_57
Title: 14 DAC 811, 815, 817
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screened within 60 calendar days of enrollment. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/c6fe685e20e98b2b882569a60053971e/d1ed164e8e9fb6ab85256d0400542c95?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,74
Title: S.B. 74
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school either within or outside the state. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD026201-1.asp
Title: S.P. 96 (LD 262)
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires course completion and certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management for new teacher certification. Provides exemption to any individual who provides state superintendent with satisfactory evidence that the candidate has physical limitations that make it impracticable for the person to complete the instruction and obtain the required certification.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2003-PA-0018.pdf
Title: H.B. 4038
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and for each school year thereafter, requires every public institution of higher education in the state to require all students living in on-campus housing to sign a written waiver stating that the institution of higher education has provided the student, or if the student is a minor, the student's parents or guardian, with detailed written information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability and effectiveness of the meningococcal vaccine. States that any student who elects to receive the meningococcal vaccine shall not be required to sign the aforementioned waiver and must present a record of said vaccination to the institution of higher education. Requires each public university or college to maintain records on the meningococcal vaccination status of every student living in on-campus housing at the university or college, including any written waivers. Adds that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any institution of higher education to provide or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal disease.
http://www.senate.state.mo.us/03info/billtext/tat/sb686.htm
Title: S.B. 686 (New Section)
Source: www.senate.state.mo.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to students if the institution has a residential campus.
Title: H.B. 825
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medication.
Title: S.B. 456
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools. The board must submit these recommendations to the general assembly on an annual basis. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB1664.pdf
Title: S.B. 1664
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools.
Title: H.B. 891
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular diagnosis for a student. The bill also prevents a school district employee from using the parent's refusal to consent to administer a psychotropic drug as grounds for prohibiting the student to attend a class or participate in a school related activity. Also provides that certain school-related medical professionals are not prohibited from recommending that a child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01406&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1406
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public health; (3) the commissioner of agriculture; (4) three members of the senate, appointed by the lieutenant governor; (5) three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (6) one physician who provides health services to
school-aged children, appointed by the governor; (7) one member who has expertise in nutrition, appointed by the governor; (8) one member who is a parent of a school-aged child, appointed by the governor; (9) one member who is a superintendent of schools or a school principal, appointed by the governor; (10) a school food service director, appointed by the governor; and (11) a representative of a statewide, voluntary
membership organization representing school district boards of trustees who is an elected public school trustee, appointed by the governor. (b) To the extent that funds are available, the interim committee shall hold hearings throughout the state to: (1) determine the nutritional content and quality of foods and beverages served to public school children, including food service meals, a la carte foods, and competitive foods and food provided in vending machines; (2) evaluate the short-term and long-term financial, psychological, and physiological impact of obesity in public school children; (3) assess the academic, emotional, and health value of a universal breakfast and lunch program by evaluating school children from school districts that provide each child a free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch; and (4) evaluate school contracts relating to competitive food products and vending machines, including the following issues related to competitive food products and vending machines: (A) economic and other impacts of potential conflicts of interest; (B) the length of contracts; (C) advertising and marketing of competitive food products; (D) revenues realized by schools and school districts from the sale of competitive food products; (E) officials in charge of receiving and disbursing revenue and the accounting of that revenue; and (F) the extent to which competitive foods impact each school district's food service program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00474F.HTM
Title: S.B. 474
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory
conservator of a child to administer or consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to the child, or to consent to any other psychiatric or psychological testing or treatment of the child, as the sole basis for making a report of neglect of the child, unless the employee has cause to believe that the refusal: (1) presents a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury to the child; or (2) has resulted in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the child.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00320&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 320
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public school children.
Title: S.C.R. 49
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Became law without governor's signature 05/2003 | P-12 | Creates a Health Advisory Committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate health care on the educational performance of children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2893.pdf
Title: H.B. 2893
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $400,000 grant to a program that utilizes high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention, and character education in an effort to reduce the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00685/Current.html
Title: H.F. 685
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Requires a child who enters kindergarten or grade 1 to be immunized against chicken pox after a June 30, 2004. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_billinfo?year=2003&request=getBill&docno=1702
Title: H.B. 1702
Source: Indiana Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the presence, use and storage on school and child care center property of chemicals known to cause cancer; requires the adoption of major substantive rules by the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Human Services.
Title: H.P. 158, 199
Source: StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with school year 2003-04, each postsecondary educational institution must provide to each newly enrolled student who will reside in oncampus housing and the student's parent or guardian: (a) Detailed information on the risks associated with the potentially fatal meningococcal disease; (b) the availability and effectiveness of a vaccine against the disease; (c) a recommendation that each student receive the meningococcal vaccination; and (d) information on the availability of an indigent patient fund to assist qualified persons with the cost of the vaccine. http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/Legal/SLIP_LB513.pdf
Title: L.B. 513
Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma; permits students and campers with asthma to possess and self-administer asthma medications.
Title: H.B. 57
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies; permits students and campers with severe, potentially life- threatening allergies to possess and self-administer auto- injections of epinephrine.
Title: H.B. 92
Source: StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to tobacco; authorizes school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than restrictions imposed pursuant to state law under certain circumstances.
Title: S.B. 50
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Extends to 27 years the maximum duration of certain projects providing school health services for pre- school and school-age children.
Title: S.B. 2662
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, public or private postsecondary educational institutions shall provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the risks and benefits of the vaccination as well as the availability of vaccine to students who reside or plan to reside in on-campus student housing. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, students who are first-time enrollees in any public or private postsecondary educational institution in this state and who reside in on-campus student housing must be vaccinated against meningococcal disease. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb787_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 787
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing.
Title: S.B. 185
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form
that indicates that the institution has provided detailed information to the student concerning the risk factors for hepatitis B infection and the availability and effectiveness of vaccine for persons who are at-risk of the disease; and that the student, parent or guardian has received and reviewed the information and has chosen to have the student vaccinated or not to have the student vaccinated. In order to complete a waiver
form, a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older may sign a waiver or, for minors, the student's parent or guardian may sign the waiver. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0136.pdf
Title: S.B. 1733
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local school
health education advisory council, to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the district's health education
instruction. The bill provides that the local health advisor council's duties include making certain recommendation. S.B. 1357 requires a school district to make certain information available for reasonable public inspection. Requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to make available to each school district one or more coordinated health programs designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes in elementary school students. Requires each program to provide for coordinating health education; physical education and physical activity; nutrition services; and parental involvement. The commissioner of education is required to adopt criteria for evaluating a coordinated health program before making the program available. Requires the commissioner, before adopting criteria, to request review and comment concerning the criteria from the Texas Department of Health's School Health Advisory Committee. (Bill Analysis, Senate Reserach Center)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01357&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 1357
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| WA | Vetoed 05/2003 | Postsec. | Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information to first-time students by degree- granting postsecondary educational institutions.
Title: H.B. 1827
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Improves coordination of services for children's mental health; improves field-level cross-program collaboration and efficiency, the early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment plan to reflect the current mental health system structure and identifying and promulgating the approaches used in school districts where mental health and education systems coordinate services and resources to provide public mental health care for children.
Title: H.B. 1784
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Revises the Religious Exemption to the school immunization requirements; tracks children with exemptions.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB434.pdf
Title: S.B. 434
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf
Title: S.B. 811
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy recommendations of foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regulated National School Lunch Program and competitive foods offered at schools typically through vending machines, student stores, school fund-raisers, food carts or food concessions; prohibits elementary school students in-school access to food and drink vending machines beginning with the 2003-04 school year; requires the state department of education to adopt regulations to ensure that nutrition and physical activity standards are implemented to provide students with the skills, opportunities, and encouragement to adopt healthy lifestyles; beginning with the 2004-05 school year, school districts must convene a school nutrition and physical activity advisory committee to create, implement and monitor school nutrition and physical education policies and standards. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1583.pdf
Title: H.B. 1583
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connecticut high schools; relates to proof of immunization against measles and rubella.
Title: H.B. 6373
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Requires the state department of health to organize educational material on the risks of meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availability and effectiveness of vaccines for these diseases. This educational material is to be provided to the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning and the state board for community and junior colleges, for dissemination to students with their letters of acceptance for admission or in students' information packets. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1087SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1087
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval submitted to the district. Releases school district and parent-designated adult from civil damages from administration of glucagon, except in cases of gross negligence. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0573.htm
Title: H.B. 573
Source: data.opi.state.mt.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; amends the Nursing Practice Act.
Title: H.B. 528
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Relates to schools; authorizes self-medication by a student of inhaled asthma medication; requires school districts to adopt policy for certain self- administration of medication; states required policy; requires parental authorization and a written statement from a physician; indemnifies school personnel from injury arising from self- medication.
Title: S.B. 343
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes an Arkansas Commission for adequate eye health and vision care needs for school children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1553.pdf
Title: H.B. 1553
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ donation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB167.pdf
Title: S.B. 167
Source: State legislative web site
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Medicaid Services, to enter into a written agreement with a board of education to provide a school-based health care program. Requires that a physician, physician assistant or an advanced registered nurse practitioner be employed at the school satellite location of the primary care center, and may include additional health care professionals. Allows the program to participate in the school's health education program. Until August 1, 2004, this section applies only to primary care centers operating a satellite school-based health care program as of the effective date of this act, and until August 1, 2004, no board may enter into an agreement with a not-for-profit primary care center that was not already in operation as of the effective date of this act. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/HB328/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 328
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Permits public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications if certain requirements are met. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1072SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1072
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical education instruction. Lists areas in which local school health/physical education councils may make recommendations and requires the local board to appoint members to the local council, with one person on the council representing each of 11 groups, including the clergy, health care professionals and parents who are not employed by the district. Specifies that the physical activity coordinator employed by the state department of education monitor and act as a clearinghouse for the activities of the local school health/physical education advisory councils to be created.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2339SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2339
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to counties for achieving reductions in out-of-wedlock births without increasing the number of abortions.http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0774SG.htm
Title: H.B. 774
Source:
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head start programs and nursery schools. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBKK0200.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission to study all issues associated with ergonomics in K-12 schools including instruction, materials, associated teacher training and facilities. . http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2002/Bills/S1500/1495_S2.PDF
Title: S.B. 1495
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Part of this bill prohibits all uses of tobacco products on school grounds.
Title: S.B. 3292
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Directs school principals to implement a program of regular screening for scoliosis for pupils. Provides for parental notification.
Title: H.B. 1834
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2003 | P-12 | Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percentage of students enrolled in the school for the previous year were eligible for free or reduced meals under the federal School Lunch Program; provides procedures for submission of the program plan.
Title: S.B. 1498
Source: StateNet
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