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Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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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--No Pass No Play |
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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--Computer Based |
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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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| Assessment--Value Added |
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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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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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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--Tax Credits |
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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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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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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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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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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--Aid to Private Schools |
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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--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--Mandates |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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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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| LA | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | 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 screenings, allergies, illnesses, sports physicals, medication administration, and prescribed procedures. The Rule should have an overall positive impact on the health of school aged children in that it will ensure uniformity in the documentation of medical information submitted to schools and school nurses. Pages 2606-2607: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0712/0712.doc#_Toc185922094
Title: LAC 28:CXV.1145
Source: doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.B. 413
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.B. 413
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2007 | P-12 | 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 any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day care home, or development center.
Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_533_vt_20071005.html
Title: S.B. 533
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | 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 for enforcement and to conduct random onsite sting inspections of retail stores, and the use of minors. Makes changes to the requirements for guideline provisions, including provisions relating to authorized state and local enforcement agencies. Chapter 653
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_624_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 624
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| IA | Adopted 10/2007 | P-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 program.
Title: IAC 281-12.2(256), 12.3(11), 12.4(12)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 | P-12 | 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 present proof by October 15th, the school may hold the child's report card until the child presents proof of a completed eye examination or proof that an eye examination will take place within 60 days after October 15th.
Provides for a waiver for children with an undue burden or lack of access to a physician who provides eye examinations or to a licensed optometrist. Directs each public, private and parochial school to notify parents of the eye examination requirement. Prohibits a school to exclude a child because of parental refusal to obtain an eye examination for the student. Directs each school to annually report to the state board the number of children who have received the required eye examination, indicating the number of children who are exempt from the eye examination because of parental objections on religious grounds, or due to undue burden or lack of access, and the total number of children in noncompliance with the eye examination requirement.
Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641lv.pdf Amendatory veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641gms.pdf
Title: S.B. 641
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| OH | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | 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 hire a full-time physical education coordinator. Requires districts and other schools to report the number of minutes and classes er week of PE provided to students in grades K-8.
Title: H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards
Source: Digest of Enactments 2007
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| IA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | 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?category=billinfo&service=billbook&GA=82&hbill=HF158
Title: H.F. 158
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| NY | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | 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 determination of development in oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skills and reading fluency and comprehension, mathematical calculation and problem solving, motor development, articulation skills, and cognitive development using recognized and validated screening tools.
Adds that diagnostic screening for students with low test scores must include:
(1) vision and hearing screenings to determine whether a vision or hearing impairment is impacting the student's ability to learn; and
(2) a review of the instructional programs in reading and mathematics to ensure that explicit and research validated instruction is being provided in reading and mathematics.
Provides that students with low test scores must be monitored periodically through screenings and on-going assessments of the student's reading and mathematic abilities and skills. If the student is determined to be making sub-standard progress in such areas of study, instruction must be provided that is tailored to meet the student's individual needs with increasingly intensive levels of targeted intervention and instruction.
Directs school districts to provide written notification to parents when a student requires an intervention beyond which is provided to the general education classroom. Provides that such notification must include: information about the performance data that will be collected and the general education services that will be provided; strategies for increasing the student's rate of learning; and the parents' right to request an evaluation by the Committee on Special Education to determine whether the student has a disability.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Part 117
Source: Lexis
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| OR | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards.
Title: OAR 581-022-1210
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 cleaning and maintenance products for use in school facilities. Requires the IGGCC guidelines and specifications to be disseminated to public schools and to non-public schools with 50 or more students
Requires elementary and secondary public and most nonpublic schools to develop a green cleaning policy, purchase, and use such cleaning products, but only when this would not result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the school. Requires a school determining it not economically feasible to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products to provide annual written notification to the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council (IGGCC) until such time that it is economically feasible.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0895lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 895
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 teachers and other school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation or in learning how to use an automated external defibrillator. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0258lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 center that provides written notification that the adoption of an
integrated pest management program is not economically feasible must have its designated person attend an approved training course on integrated pest management within one year after the effective date and every 5 years thereafter, until an integrated pest management program is developed and implemented in the school or day care center.
Requires every school and day care center to ensure that all parents and employees are notified at least once each school year that the notification requirements
of the Structural Pest Control Act have been met. Also requires all schools and day care centers to keep copies of all required notifications and any written integrated pest management program plan and make these copies available for public inspection.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0425lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 425
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 on assuring access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand health disparities. Directs the task force to submit an initial report to the general assembly by July 1, 2008, and to make annual reports to by July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward implementing the plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0547lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: S.B. 2286
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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/?bn=A04051&sh=t
Title: A.B. 4051
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 available to all public and private school students with a patient specific order, who require inhaled medications administered by a nebulizer. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06074&sh=t
Title: S.B. 6074
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | 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 while parked or standing on school grounds, or in front of any school. Provides that these regulations must include a requirement that all school bus engines be turned off while waiting for passengers to load and unload on school grounds, and provides for exceptions as needed for heating, mechanical or emergency circumstances. Requires each district to annually provide their school personnel with notice of these provisions and the related regulations. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05973&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5973
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | 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 where smoking is prohibited. Establishes fines for violation of the smoking ban.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0500lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 500
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1086v0.html
Title: S.B. 1086
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 report of a comprehensive dental examination performed on the child. Requires http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S01239&sh=t
Title: S.B. 1239
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 include a target to substantially reduce the risk to school children from diesel engine emissions produced by Oregon school buses by the end of 2013. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to track and report to the Legislative Assembly on the progress in meeting this goal.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2172.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2172
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 assisting a student to self-medicate under written permission from a student's parent, guardian or health care professional.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1040.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 1040
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 secondary education are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the department of environmental management in the preparation of the report.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07421.htm
Title: S.B. 560
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 not be limited to, physical exercise, including walking and jogging, as well as information on healthy food choices.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07224.htm
Title: H.B. 5900
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 allergy.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07304.htm
Title: H.B. 5671
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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. Districts are encouraged to seek free or reduced-cost eye examinations from optometrists or ophthalmologists willing to donate their services for children who are unable to afford such eye examinations.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0557.pdf
Title: S.B. 152
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H485v0.html
Title: H.B. 485
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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 others participating in or attending school athletic and related activities. The advisory commission will: (1) Review state policies to ensure the achievement of the purposes and policies of this chapter; (2) Review and provide coordination strategies for public and private sector efforts and agencies to raise and appropriate funds to ensure the achievement of the purposes and policies of this chapter; (3) Establish accounts, and accept and administer grants, donations, and other funds received by the commission to achieve the purposes and policies of this chapter; (4) Publish studies and reports, and hold public seminars and educational events, regarding the need to obtain and maintain automated external defibrillators at appropriate school locations for the safety and protection of students and others participating in or attending school athletic and related activities; (5) Enter into agreements with state departments or agencies, and private sector organizations and persons, as it deems necessary, to implement and further the policies and purposes of this chapter; and (6) Advise the general court on legislative initiatives that would further the purposes and policies of this chapter.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0911.html
Title: H.B. 911
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2700.dir/hb2773.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2773
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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 on anabolic steroids and performance- enhancing substances in health and physical education curricula; requires certain school district employees to receive training on identifying components of anabolic steroid abuse and use and prevention strategies.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0384.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 517
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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/PublicLaws/law07/law07080.htm
Title: H.B. 5050
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.J.R. 200
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | 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 bill requires the commissioner of education to adopt a health program that will coordinate social systems that influence physical education, health class, food service, and parent/family awareness.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB03618F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3618
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.F. 906
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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 that a diabetes management and treatment plan as well as an individualized health plan be prepared and implemented for each student with diabetes for use during school hours or at a school related activity. Requires that the diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted to the school nurse, and that the school nurse be involved in the development of the individualized health plan. Requires the school principal at each school serving a student with diabetes to seek school employees to serve as volunteer health aides, and work to ensure that the school has an adequate number of volunteer health aides to care for students.
Authorizes the department to cooperate with the state department of health to develop a diabetes training program for school nurses and for volunteer health aides. Directs the department to provide annual diabetes training programs to school nurses and volunteer health aides that includes technological advances, current standards of practice for diabetes management and training, and instruction in specific topics.
Directs a school nurse, or under specified circumstances, a volunteer health aide, to perform the tasks necessary to assist a student in carrying out the student's individualized health plan. Requires schools to allow students to engage in specific activities, such as administering insulin, if the student has been evaluated and determined to be capable of doing so as reflected in the student's individual health plan and the student's diabetes management and treatment plan. Requires school transportation staff or staff supervising a student with diabetes in an off-campus activity to be provided with an information sheet identifying the student, the potential emergencies that may occur as a result of the diabetes and appropriate responses to an emergency, and emergency contact information.
Adds that a school or school board may not require a teacher or other school employee who is not employed as a school nurse or physician to administer health care services, basic life support, or other services that require the teacher or employee to place the teacher's or employee's hands on a pupil for therapeutic or
sanitary purposes. Also provides a school or school board may not discipline a teacher or other school employee who refuses to administer health care services, basic life support, or other services that require the teacher or employee to place the teacher's or employee's hands on a pupil for therapeutic or sanitary purposes. Establishes immunity for acts or omissions by a teacher who has been trained in CPR, the Heimlich maneuver or removing obstructions to a person's airway.
Requires a school corporation, in reporting average daily membership (ADM) for the 2007-2008 school year, to also report the number of school nurses and the number of students, by disease category, who have a chronic disease, including asthma, diabetes, and any other disease the department of education determines is significant for the school corporation to report.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1116.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1116
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.F. 2245 [Hearing Loss Intervention]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| NC | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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 of education shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with that information and to children entering grades 5 through 12.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 260
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | 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 encouraging the school district and schools within the district to collaborate with qualified health care providers and students enrolled in health care programs in postsecondary educational institutions to assist in the physical examinations. Requires notice be provided to the parent
or guardian of a child before the physical examinations are performed on a child. Requires school nurses or a designee of a school nurse to report the results of such physical examinations to the state health officer for statistical purposes and to exclude from the reports any identifying information relating to a particular child.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB354_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 354
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB410_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 410
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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 and requires the department to review the department of homeland security guidelines for inclusion in school safety programs. Encourages the LEAs to post signs on school grounds and school parking lots prohibiting persons from driving a motor vehicle in excess of 10 mph.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0238.pdf
Title: H.B. 337
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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 Services (DSHS).
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/doc/HB01379F.doc
Title: H.B. 1379
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 | P-12 | 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 HPV vaccine be made available to each parent or legal guardian at the appropriate time in the immunization schedule by the appropriate school. These requirements expire January 11, 2011.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01098F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1098
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | 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, requires the list be available in English and Spanish and in a manner that permits a school district to easily post the list on the district's Internet website. Requires a school district that maintains an Internet website to post prominently on the website certain information relating to immunization requirements.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01059F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1059
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Allows youth to access and consent to state smoking cessation programs.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/2008/BILLS/PASSED/H-113.DOC
Title: H.B. 113
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AK | Passed 04/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: S.J.R. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 immunization against the HPV infection and the immunization's effectiveness against causes of cervical cancer.
(2) That a pap smear is still critical for the detection of precancerous changes in the cervix to allow for treatment before cervical cancer develops.
(3) Information concerning the means in which the HPV infection is contracted.
(4) A statement that any questions or concerns concerning immunizing the child against HPV could be answered by contacting a health care provider.
Requires schools to provide the parents of female students entering grade 6 to be provided with information on the link between cervical cancer and the HPV infection and that an immunization against the HPV infection is available. Requires such parents to provide the school with a written statement within 20 days of the first day of school, indicating that the parent had received the information concerning the link between cervical cancer and the HPV infection and on the availability of an immunization against the HPV infection; and also indicating whether the student is or will be immunized or that the parent chooses not to inform the school whether the student was immunized. Provides that a student may not be prevented from enrolling in a school for the sole reason that the student has not provided the school with the written statement. Requires each school, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, to report to the state department of health and the local health department having jurisdiction the number of female students in grade 6 have (or plan to have) and have not been immunized against HPV infection, and the number of female students in grade 6 whose parent chose not to provide the information to the school concerning whether the student was immunized.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/SE/SE0327.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 327
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 Force; requires the Task Force to report specified findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2008; provides for the termination of the Act.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1049e.pdf
Title: H.B. 1049; S.B. 774
Source: Maryland Legislaure
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 eating habits and abstinence from the use of tobacco and illegal drugs. Requires an appropriation for the department of edcuation to employ a physical activity coordinator to assist districts in program implementation. Directs the state board to adopt regulations for districts addressing: healthy food and bevergage choices; healthy food preparation; marketing of healthy food choices to students and staff; minimum and maximum time allotments for students and staff lunch and breakfast periods; and methods to increase participation in child nutrition and school breakfast and lunch programs. Directs the state superintendent to appoint an advisory committee to assist the state board in implementation of regulations required by the act.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2369SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2369
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Allows students to carry and self-adminster prescribed epinephrine in school for severe allergies.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0289.htm
Title: S.B. 289
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 minimal funds for contracted services for overall plan design, RFP development, scoring, equipment ordering, dissemination, training and evaluation. This is a one-time service.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBNN0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2313
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| NM | Vetoed 04/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 children to be immunized or to obtain their immunization records.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB1965.pdf
Title: S.B. 1965
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 first dose shall be administered before the child enters the sixth grade. After having reviewed materials describing the link between the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer approved for such use by the Board of Health, a parent or guardian may elect for his daughter not to receive this vaccine. The bill contains a delayed effective date of October 1, 2008, and is identical to SB 1230, which also passed the legislature and was sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2035ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB1230ER
Governor's recommendation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+amd+HB2035AG
Title: H.B. 2035, S.B. 1230
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 includes information about abstinence; however, abstinence may not be taught to the exclusion of instruction on other methods of preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention. A school may use outside speakers or curriculum to teach units within a sexual health program as long as they are in compliance with this act. "Medically and scientifically accurate" is defined. Sexual health education must be consistent with the Guidelines for Sexual Health Information and Disease Prevention (Guidelines). OSPI and DOH must make the Guidelines and any model policies or curricula related to sexual health education available on their web sites.
Final bill report: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate%20Final/5297-S.FBR.pdf
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5297-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5297
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 human papillomavirus disease shall include: (1) Its causes and symptoms, how human papillomavirus disease is spread, and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children; and (2) Current recommendations from the United States centers for disease control and prevention regarding the receipt of vaccines for human papillomavirus disease and where the vaccination can be received.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1802-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1802
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| FL | Issued 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 diseases in Floridians within the next ten years. Provides that the 15-20 governor-appointed members of the council are to reflect a broad spectrum of interested parties, including elementary, secondary, and public university representatives.
Provides that the state action plan must consider the following:
a. The proper implementation of physical education courses every day for all elementary school students (K-5);
b. The feasibility of providing physical education courses and activities every day for all students at the middle and high school (6-12) grade levels by the year 2012, with a particular emphasis on graduation requirements, ADA compliance, and additional impacts on the school day;
c. The extent to which a healthy lifestyle paradigm is embedded in the Sunshine State Standards and secondary school curricula;
d. Barriers to the provision of sufficient physical education within schools, including facilities limitations;
e. The correlation between physical education and academic achievement;
f. The feasibility of creating student fitness and wellness centers in schools and using such facilities both for physical education courses, as well as after-school and evening programs that encourage whole-family fitness;
g. The extent to which colleges of education prepare physical education teachers to teach 21st century fitness;
h. The availability and provision of professional development to recruit and retain certified physical education teachers;
i. The possibility of having every school district maintain an independent physical fitness advisory panel to make further recommendations for student fitness testing every year beginning in the first grade;
j. The nutritional value of school lunches and any barriers to providing nutritionally-sound, attractive school lunches at the elementary, middle, and high school levels;
k. The availability of healthy snack and drink options in public and private schools and workplace vending machines;
l. The promotion and inclusion of Florida agriculture, including fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats, in school and workplace meal plans;
m. The success of state employee wellness programs to determine which strategies are most effective in order to publish model policies for government agencies and private employers to learn from and adopt;
n. The implementation of recommendations made by the 2004 Governor's Task Force on the Obesity Epidemic;
o. The development of a Governor's Recognition program, recognizing healthy schools, communities, worksites, and healthcare settings;
p. The expansion of public awareness and access to existing programs that encourage healthy lifestyles through activities in Florida's state parks, beaches, greenways, and trails;
q. The implementation of a healthy lifestyle paradigm in the planning and design of Florida's communities;
r. The feasibility of making community roadways and transportation compatible with outdoor living and pedestrian activity; and
s. The development of a strategy to increase public awareness of physical fitness initiatives through a comprehensive public service campaign.
Directs the council to present an initial draft of its state plan of action to the governor by August 1, 2007 and a final, comprehensive state plan to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate and the governor by December 1, 2007.
http://www.flgov.com/pdfs/orders/07-52-fitness.pdf
Title: E.O 07-52
Source: www.flgov.com
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 aware of the special need for access to restrooms by students with the disease in order to ensure that their educational attainment is not disrupted. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/07RS/HC141/bill.doc
Title: H.C.R. 141
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | 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/documents/2007/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2859SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2859
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 program fund, to be funded by tobacco settlement payments.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1132PS.htm
Title: H.B. 1132
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 maintenance of personal fitness.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBCN0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2354
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| VA | Passed 03/2007 | P-12 | 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 between the health and physical education curriculum; public health policies; social, economic, and cultural influences; and media messages; and the incidence of overweight and obese students in the public schools. The subcommittee shall also examine methods to increase parental involvement and education to ensure proper nutrition of children, and survey other states to determine practices that have been useful in combating childhood obesity. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HJ637ER
Title: H.J. 637
Source: http://legis.state.va.us
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| TX | Issued 02/2007 | P-12 | 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-eligible young females from age 19 to 21. Requires the Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner to adopt rules that mandate the age appropriate vaccination of all female children for HPV prior to admission to the sixth grade.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/exorders/rp65
Title: Executive Order RP 65
Source:
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | 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 law. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2214ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB974ER
Title: H.B. 2214, S.B. 974
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | 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/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0043
Title: H.B. 2214, S.B. 974
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.B. 61
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Internet Safety |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban |
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| Whole Child |
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