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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]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. 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 Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics 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... 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 preve... 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 ... 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 t... 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... 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 counsel... 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 f... 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 Physic... 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 hav... 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 t... 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 interest... 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,... 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 g... 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 superi... 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; es... 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 th... 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... 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 asthm... 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 instituti... 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 ... 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... 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 ... 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 ... 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 c... 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 heal... 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; prohib... 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 munic... 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 informa... 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 m... 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 ser... 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 pe... 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 machin... 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. ... 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... 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://cool... 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 maneuv... 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/bldbil... 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, cer... 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 ... 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. Re... 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. Encour... 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... 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 ... 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 require... 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 fundi... 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 ... 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 Ta... 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 sc... 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/billhtm... 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 allocat... 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%20Regula... 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 e... 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 element... 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; ... 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 infor... 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 exerci... 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 ... 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 ... 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 n... 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... 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 subc... 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 eligi... 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 c... 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... 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 ... More... 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