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From the ECS State Policy Database 2007 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2007. 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--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District 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--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--School Boards Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School Health Forms LAC 28:CXV.1145 Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health forms to eliminate the duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses on health information and scre... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Hygenic Procedures Pertaining to Instruments H.B. 413 Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine specified hygienic procedures pertaining to band instruments to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht00pdf/ht00413.pdf... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 H.B. 413 Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine hygienic procedures pertaining to school band instruments to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis. http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht00pdf/ht00413.pdf... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 student health S.B. 533 Relates to vaccinations. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood diseases for which the Legislature intends the eventual achievement of total immunization. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood disease a pupil must be immunized prior to admission to an... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Health S.B. 624 Relates to the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act that prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco products by, a person under the age of 18 and requires the Department of Health Services to take primary responsibility... More... IA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 School Nurse, School Guidance Counselor IAC 281-12.2(256), 12.3(11), 12.4(12) Requires that each school district have a school nurse and a qualified (i.e., licensed by the Board of Education Examiners) guidance counselor. Requires a definition of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade 12 school counseling... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 Eye Examinations S.B. 641 In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial school must have an eye examination. Provides that if the child fails to pr... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 PE Standards H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education or to adopt its own physical education standards in those grades. Requires the department of education to h... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Blood Lead Test H.F. 158 Requires children to receive a blood lead test by age six or prior to enrollment in an elementary school. Strongly encourages parents to have their child tested for elevated blood lead levels by age two. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?ca... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Diagnostic Screenings Title 8 NYCRR Part 117 Amends regulations regarding diagnostic screenings of students who are new entrants to school or who have low test scores on the statewide third grade English language arts or mathematics assessment. Specifies that diagnostic screening must include a determina... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Green Cleaning Schools Act H.B. 895 Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interested stakeholders, to establish and amend on an annual basis guidelines and specifications for environmentally-sensitive c... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Training in CPR and Using a Defibrillator H.B. 258 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to establish and administer a matching grant program to pay for half of the cost a school district incurs in training t... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Integrated Pest Management H.B. 425 Relates to Integrated Pest Management Programs. Provides that required notification that such program is not economically feasible must be given within one year of the adoption of this act and every 5 years thereafter. Provides that each school or day care cen... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Health Data Task Force S.B. 547 Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve on the task force. Directs the task force to produce a plan focusing ... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Virus Prevention Campaign S.B. 2286 Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians; establishes a public awareness campaign. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL07/134_.PDF... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act A.B. 4051 Enacts Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act. Directs the commissioner to establish an anaphylactic policy for school districts for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Nebulizers in Schools S.B. 6074 Requires every school district and board of cooperative educational services to provide and maintain a nebulizer on-site in every public and private school building in which full- or part-time nurse services are provided. Provides nebulizers must be made avail... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Idling of School Bus Engines S.B. 5973 Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts with a significant number of children with asthma, and those other school districts deemed appropriate by the commissioner, to minimize the idling of school bus engines... More... IL Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Smoking Ban in Schools and Dormitories S.B. 500 Creates the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Prohibits smoking in schools and student dormitories of both public and private postsecondary institutions. Requires "No Smoking" signs to be posted and ashtrays to be removed in each public place and place of employment wh... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Tobacco Free Schools S.B. 1086 Requires local boards to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products by any person in public school buildings and school facilities, on the public school campus and in or on other school property. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bi... More... NY Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Dental Health Certificates S.B. 1239 Provides a dental health certificate must be requested when a student enrolls in a school, or at any time local school authorities feel such a request would promote the child's educational interests. Requires that such dental health certificate contain a repor... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reduction in Diesel Emissions H.B. 2172 Requires the Environmental Quality Commission to establish a goal to reduce excess lifetime risk of cancer due to exposure to diesel engine emissions to no more than one case per million individuals by 2017. In setting the goal, the commission is required to i... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Self-Administration of Medication S.B. 1040 Requires that school district boards adopt policies and procedures relating to self-administration of medication by students with asthma or severe allergies; exempts certain school personnel from liability in a criminal action or for civil damages when assisti... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Pesticide Applications S.B. 560 Protects children from exposure to lawn care pesticides by prohibiting the application of such at schools and day care centers; requires a committee be formed to assist with the reports required; the department of health and the department of elementary and se... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Pilot Program: Physical Exercise, Weight Control H.B. 5900 Establishes a pilot program to develop curriculum in communities of several cities and towns to encourage physical exercise and promote healthy weight levels in children incorporating a combination of exercise and nutrition plans that may include, but shall no... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Peanut Allergies: Safety Issues H.B. 5671 Requires schools to post a notice in a conspicuous place advising if there is a student in the school that has an allergy to peanuts; prohibits the sale of peanuts and peanut based products in the cafeteria if it is known that an enrolled student has a peanut ... More... TN Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Eye Examinations S.B. 152 If the parent or guardian of a child with a need for an eye examination is unable to afford such an examination, an LEA of a county or municipality may use revenues from gifts, grants and state and local appropriations to provide such eye examinations. Distric... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby H.B. 485 Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including information about the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person. http://www.ncga.s... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 External Defibrillator Advisory Commission H.B. 911 Establishes an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. It is the legislature's intent to encourage all schools to obtain and maintain automated external defibrillators at appropriate school locations for the safety and protection of students and ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Task Force on School Nurses H.B. 2773 Creates a Task Force on School Nurses to study the availability of nursing services in schools and the feasibility of expanding existing services and to recommend a plan to establish school nurses as a mandated service in all schools. http://www.leg.state.or.u... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Steroids, Performance-Enhancing Substances S.B. 517 Prohibits school district employees, contractors and volunteers from selling, marketing, distributing, endorsing or suggesting steroid or performance- enhancing substances to students; directs Department of Education and school districts to include information... More... RI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Healthier Beverages, Snacks H.B. 5050 Requires all senior high schools that sell or distribute beverages and snacks on their premises, including those sold through vending machines, to offer healthier beverages and snacks effective 1/1/08; takes effect upon passage. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Pu... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Providing Health Care to Students H.J.R. 200 Directs the Education Oversight Committee to hold hearings on the demands placed upon public schools in providing health care to students. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR0200.pdf... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Coordinated Health Program H.B. 3618 From bill analysis: Student populations along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from high rates of Type 2 diabetes and are at an increased risk for becoming obese.Creates a bilingual coordinated health program in certain school districts along the border. The bil... More... IA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Dental Screenings H.F. 906 Requires children to have a dental screening as a condition of enrollment in elementary or high school; provides for exceptions. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&frame=1&GA=82&hbill=HF906... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 H.B. 1116 Requires an individual to have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, removing obstructions to a person's airway and the Heimlich maneuver before obtaining an initial license as a teacher. Creates a new chapter on care of students with diabetes. Requires... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator H.F. 2245 [Hearing Loss Intervention] Specifies duties of the Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator. (Section 7) http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85... More... NC Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Provision of HPV, Other Information S.B. 260 Ensures that educational materials are provided so that schools provide information to parents and guardians concerning cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases; provides that local boards o... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Physical Examinations A.B. 354 Requires a physical examination before the completion of the first year of enrollment in elementary school. Requires examinations of height and weight of a representative sample of pupils. Authorizes the board of trustees of a school district to adopt a policy... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Immunization Information System A.B. 410 Existing law requires the immunization of children in public schools, private schools and child care facilities in certain circumstances. Requires the department of health and human services to establish an immunization information system. http://www.leg.state... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Health and Safety H.B. 337 Requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. Encourages the department to collaborate with the University of Tennessee in developing school safety instructional materials ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 HPV Included in Course Materials H.B. 1379 The bill requires the inclusion of additional information regarding human papillomavirus in course materials related to sexually transmitted diseases in the model public health education program for school-aged children developed by Department of State Health ... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 P-12 HPV Immunization H.B. 1098 Prohibits requiring immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition for admission to any elementary or secondary school. All contrary executive orders of the governor are preempted by the bill. The bill requires that educational material about H... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Notice of Immunizations Needed; Translation Requirement H.B. 1059 Sec. 38.019. IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS PROGRAM. Requires the Department of State Health Services to prepare a list of the immunizations required for admission to public schools and of any additional immunizations the department recommends for school- age children... More... VT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 All-Age Access to Smoking Cessation Programs H.B. 113 Allows youth to access and consent to state smoking cessation programs. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/2008/BILLS/PASSED/H-113.DOC... More... AK Passed 04/2007 P-12 health insurance S.J.R. 1 Do pass., Relates to reauthorization of federal funding for children's health insurance; encourages the Governor to support additional funding for and access to children's health insurance. (S.J.R. 1) http:/www.legis.state.ak.us... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection S.B. 327 Directs the state department of health to provide a school that enrolls grade 6 female students with information on cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The information must include: (1) The latest scientific information on the immuni... More... MD Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccine Task Force H.B. 1049; S.B. 774 Establishes a Task Force on the HPV Vaccine; provides for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; provides that the members of the Task Force may not receive compensation but are entitled to a specified reimbursement; provides for the duties of the Task... More... MS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Mississippi Healthy Student Act S.B. 2369 Requires a minimum period of physical activity-based instruction for students in K-8 and requires one unit of physical education for high school graduation. Effective for 2008-09 school year, local school wellness plans must promote physical activity, healthy ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Self-Adminstered Epinephrine S.B. 289 Allows students to carry and self-adminster prescribed epinephrine in school for severe allergies. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0289.htm... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Automated External Defibrillators S.B. 2313 Requires the state superintendent to purchase and distribute automated external defibrillators (AEDs. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2313 allocates $400,000 to be used to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for all school buildings and provides minima... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccine in School-Based Clinics S.B. 1174 Relates to health care; provides for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in school-based clinics. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1174.pdf... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Immunization of Homeless Students S.B. 1965 Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually to the House and Senate Education Committees the number of homeless children who enrolled in public school without immunization or proof of immunization and the average length of time required for these... More... VA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Requirement H.B. 2035, S.B. 1230 Requires females to receive three doses of properly spaced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in order to attend a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day care home or developmental center. The fi... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Sexual Health Education S.B. 5297 By September 1, 2008, every public school that offers sexual health education must assure that it is medically and scientifically accurate; age appropriate; appropriate for students regardless of gender, race, disability status, or sexual orientation; and incl... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 HPV Information H.B. 1802 Provides that, beginning with sixth grade entry, every public and private school in the state shall provide parents and guardians with information about human papillomavirus disease and its vaccine at the beginning of every school year. The information about h... More... FL Issued 03/2007 P-12 Establishing the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness E.O 07-52 Establishes the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness to develop a state plan of action to increase physical fitness through regular exercise and sound nutrition practices among Floridians of all ages and to reduce the rate of obesity and resulting chronic di... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Crohn's Disease Awareness H.C.R. 141 Urges the state department of education to work with local school systems to ensure that educators are aware of the impact that living with Crohn's disease and irritable bowel disease has on students with the condition. Provides that educators should also be a... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Immunization Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease S.B. 2859 Requires the state board of health to develop regulations to ensure that all children enrolled or enrolling in a state licensed child care center receive age-appropriate immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/docu... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School Nurse Program H.B. 1132 Establishes and provides funding for a school nurse program under department of education, run by the office of healthy schools. Specifies nurses responsibilities and duties of the office of healthy schools. Establishes a special fund known as the school nurse... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-Based Fitness Class S.B. 2354 Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every four years the unit must be a concept-based fitness class that includes instruction in the assessment, improvement, and maintenanc... More... VA Passed 03/2007 P-12 Childhood Obesity Joint Subcommittee H.J. 637 This joint resolution of the legislature establishes a joint subcommittee to study childhood obesity in Virginia's public schools. The subcommittee shall ascertain methods of combating childhood obesity in Virginia public schools and examine the relationship ... More... TX Issued 02/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccinations Executive Order RP 65 Requires the Department of State Health Services to make the HPV vaccine available through the Texas Vaccines for Children program for eligible young females up to age 18, and the Health and Human Services Commission to make the vaccine available to Medicaid-e... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Combatting Childhood Obesity & Chronic Health Conditions H.B. 2214, S.B. 974 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Health Commissioner to work together to combat childhood obesity and other chronic health conditions that affect school age children. This bill is identical to SB 974, which was also signed into l... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Childhood Obesity H.B. 2214, S.B. 974 Relates to childhood obesity; requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Health Commissioner to work together to combat childhood obesity and other chronic health conditions that affect school age children. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Medication Administration for Life Threatening Conditions H.B. 61 Requires school districts to permit students to possess and self-administer medication required for potentially life threatening conditions upon parental verification and district notification. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0061.pdf... More... 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