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From the ECS State Policy Database 2006 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2006. 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--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health DE Adopted 12/2006 P-12 Student Physical Fitness Assessment Title 14 Sec 503 Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Prescription Medications S.B. 164 Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the stu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Information on Diabetes in Schools A.B. 2226 Requires each school district to provide a type 2 diabetes information sheet developed by the Department of Education to the parent or guard... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 School Health Centers A.B. 2560 Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relat... More... NY Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Children's Mental Health Advisory Board S.B. 6672 Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Req... More... NY Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Booster Vaccinations S.B. 7421 Requires children born after January 1, 1990 to have booster vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis upon entering the 6th grade.... More... NY Vetoed 08/2006 P-12 Centers of Excellence in Culturally and Linguistically Competent Mental Health A.B. 9593 Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and dissemin... More... AZ Approved by voters 07/2006 P-12 Early Childhood Development and Health Initiative V. 18 (Prop. 203) (PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increas... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Student Physical Fitness Assessments H.B. 372 Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 471 Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Schoolchildren's Health Act H.B. 1502 Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on schoo... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Vision Screening H.B. 2699 Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html... More... NY Vetoed 07/2006 P-12 Dental Health Certificates A.B. 6640 Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health cer... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Immunization Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease A.B. 8761 Requires immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease of every child in this state born on and after January 1, 2005 beginning with en... More... VA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 Standards For Accrediting Public Schools 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq. Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student... More... AK Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Recommending or Refusing Psychotropic Drugs S.B. 48 Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 2140 Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools... More... DE Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Health Advisory Council for physical education S.B. 289 Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g... More... FL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Lead Poisoning Information S.B. 1324 Relates to a educational program on lead poisoning prevention and literature on childhood lead poisoning, lead screening of children, lead s... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Meningococcal Disease S.B. 448 Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Meningitis Vaccination as Prerequisite for Course Registration H.B. 154 Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a c... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Adoption Awareness S.B. 111 Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awar... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Meningitis Vaccinations H.B. 768 Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to ... More... MA Adopted 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Student Health Insurance Program 114.6 CMR 3.00 Implements the statutory requirement that students enrolled inMassachusetts institutions of higher education participate in a qualifyingstud... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Distribution of Meningococcal Meningitis Fact Sheet S.B. 1461 Requires department of health and senior services to develop an educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis; directs the comm... More... NY Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act A.B. 6905 Enacts the Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act. Directs the Commissioners of Health, Education and Environmental C... More... NY Died 06/2006 P-12 Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 4090 Requires the education department to establish a comprehensive program on the prevention of skin cancer to be incorporated into the curricul... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School-based Health Clinics H.B. 1396 Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Student Medicaid Eligibility H.B. 1270 Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and th... More... CT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Health Plans for Students S.B. 204 Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Smoking Ban in Dorms S.B. 2465 Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or ... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injector S.B. 2898 Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic schoo... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Educational Materials on Meningitis S.B. 2728 Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Auto-Injectible Epinephrine H.B. 1732 Includes auto-injectible epinephrine for anaphylactic shock as a permissible self-administered medication. Specifies necessary conditions fo... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Homeless Students and Immunization S.B. 3918 Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Guidelines for Students w/ Allergies H.B. 2442; SB 2883 Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for t... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Activity Requirement for Schools H.B. 3750 Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Students with Life-Threatening Allergies and Chronic Illnesses H.B. 611 Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate prac... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Use of Inhalers in Private Schools A.B. 1132 Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who p... More... IA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Healthy Children Task Force S.B. 2251 Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to: a. Assess current poli... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Meningitis Disease and Vaccine H.B. 475 Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students i... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Health Education H.B. 589 Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Hepatitis C Education and Awareness H.B. 540 Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be in... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Health Coordinators H.B. 613 Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize th... More... ME Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Health Coverage for College Students S.B. 777; LD 2014 Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Minimum Requirements for Immunization for Children S.B. 116 Sets out the minimum requirements for the immunization of children for the state board to include in their regulations. The requirements bri... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Body Mass Index S.B. 785 Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolle... More... IA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Obesity Prevention Program S.B. 2124 Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to in... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Automatic External Defibrillators H.B. 1106 Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillat... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Local School Wellness Plans H.B. 319 Directs local school districts to establish local school health councils to provide guidance on the development and implementation of a loca... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Urges Use of Prevention Dimensions Curriculum H.C.R. 3 Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum t... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Volunteer Health Care Provider Program A.B. 829 Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in ... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Information on Meningococcal Disease A.B. 589 2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and chart... More... WV Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Individual Diabetes Care Plans H.B. 2548 Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state boar... More... WV Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Ratio of School Nurses S.B. 53 Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20e... More... 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