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From the ECS State Policy Database 2003 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2003. 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... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Pupil Screening: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A.B. 766 Establishes a 3-year pilot program whereby any school district may participate in the program of pupil screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitu... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 Pupil Health: Vision Appraisal S.B. 606 Requires if a student vision appraisal is conducted in a public school, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Emergency Medical Services: Diabetes A.B. 942 Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Fee Assessment on Instructional Materials S.B. 1058 Requires the department of education, prior to conducting a follow-up adoption of basic educational materials for use in kindergarten and gr... More... DE Rule Adoption 10/2003 P-12 Certification School Nurse 14 DAC 1580 Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and ... More... WI Signed into law 10/2003 Postsec. Meningococcal Disease Vaccinations A.B. 344 Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about th... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 California Childhood Obesity Prevention Act S.B. 677 Makes certain restrictions of the sale of food items in school operative if funding is appropriated for certain nutritional purposes. Prohib... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Postsec. School Facilities: Maintenance and Repair A.B. 1124 Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities,... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 School District Governing Boards: Contracts S.B. 65 Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing any contract for the sale of carbonated beverages or non-n... More... NY Vetoed 09/2003 P-12 School Cafeteria Cooling Requirements S.B. 3445 Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Health Screening S.B. 1081 Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. ht... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Community Service S.B. 372 Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Pro... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Vision Examinations S.B. 805 Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health exami... More... NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Tobacco Free Schools S.B. 583 Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibitin... More... NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Administering Medication S.B. 226 Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the ... More... WI Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Immunization of Students HFS 144 Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)... More... CT Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Medical Care for Students H.B. 5931 Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliv... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Autism Diagnosis Education Program H.B. 1809 Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autis... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning Screening H.B. 207 Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Asthma Medications in Schools H.B. 56 Provides for the self-administration of asthma medication by students attending public or nonpublic schools upon written parental and medica... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Care Treatment for Students H.B. 1172 Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any s... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 School Health Record Keeping Requirements/Screening 14 DAC 811, 815, 817 Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medication... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning S.B. 74 Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Records S.P. 96 (LD 262) Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school e... More... MI Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Teacher Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation H.B. 4038 Requires course completion and certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management for ... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Meningitis S.B. 686 (New Section) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and for each school year thereafter, requires every public institution of higher education in the s... More... NC Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Meningitis and Hepatitis B Immunization H.B. 825 Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to s... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Recommending Medication S.B. 456 Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medicati... More... TN Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Maximum Weight Standards For School Textbooks S.B. 1664 Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools.... More... TN Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Mold Abatement H.B. 891 Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 1406 Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular d... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Obesity and Health Needs of Children S.B. 474 Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 320 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Nutrition S.C.R. 49 Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 05/2003 P-12 A Health Advisory Committee H.B. 2893 Creates a Health Advisory Committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate health care on the educational performance of children. http:/... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund H.F. 685 Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $40... More... IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Immunization for Chicken Pox H.B. 1702 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_bi... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Cancer Causing Chemicals H.P. 158, 199 Prohibits the presence, use and storage on school and child care center property of chemicals known to cause cancer; requires the adoption o... More... NE Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations L.B. 513 Beginning with school year 2003-04, each postsecondary educational institution must provide to each newly enrolled student who will reside i... More... NH Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Use of Asthma Inhalers H.B. 57 Relates to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma; permits students and campers with asthma to possess and self-administer as... More... NH Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Epinephrine Auto Injectors H.B. 92 Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies; permits students and campers with severe, pote... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Tobacco Use in Schools S.B. 50 Relates to tobacco; authorizes school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than r... More... NY Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Duration of School Health Services S.B. 2662 Extends to 27 years the maximum duration of certain projects providing school health services for pre- school and school-age children.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Higher Education S.B. 787 Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, public or private postsecondary educational institutions shall provide detailed information on t... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 185 Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations for Students S.B. 1733 Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form that indicates that... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Health Advisory Councils S.B. 1357 S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local scho... More... WA Vetoed 05/2003 Postsec. Immunizations H.B. 1827 Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information to first-time students by degree- granting postsecondary educational institu... More... WA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Children's Mental Health H.B. 1784 Improves coordination of services for children's mental health; improves field-level cross-program collaboration and efficiency, the early p... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Religious Exemption to the School Immunization S.B. 434 Revises the Religious Exemption to the school immunization requirements; tracks children with exemptions. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpr... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Oral Health Instruction into Public School S.B. 811 Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Child Health Advisory Committee H.B. 1583 Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy reco... More... CT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Immunization H.B. 6373 Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connectic... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Meningitis and Hepatitis Risk and Vaccinations H.B. 1087 Requires the state department of health to organize educational material on the risks of meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availabili... More... MT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Diabetes Medication DispensationSAME AS: LC1066 H.B. 573 Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval s... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Pilot Program to Assist Public School H.B. 528 Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Self Medication S.B. 343 Relates to schools; authorizes self-medication by a student of inhaled asthma medication; requires school districts to adopt policy for cert... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Adequate Student Eye Health and Vision Care H.B. 1553 Establishes an Arkansas Commission for adequate eye health and vision care needs for school children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Organ Donor Education S.B. 167 Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ d... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Primary Care Centers In Schools H.B. 328 Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Med... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Self-Administration of Asthma Medications H.B. 1072 Permits public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications if certain requirements are met. http://billstatus.ls.state... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Local School Health/Physical Education Advisory Councils S.B. 2339 Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical e... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Pregnancy Incentive Grant Fund H.B. 774 Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to countie... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Childrens Inoculations S.B. 2289 Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head sta... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Ergonomics in Education Study S.B. 1495 Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission to study all issues associated with ergonomics in K-12 schools including instructio... More... NY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Restrictions on Smoking on School Grounds S.B. 3292 Part of this bill prohibits all uses of tobacco products on school grounds.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Scoliosis Screening for Public School Students H.B. 1834 Directs school principals to implement a program of regular screening for scoliosis for pupils. Provides for parental notification.... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Mandatory District School Breakfast Program Participation S.B. 1498 Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percent... More... 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