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From the ECS State Policy Database 2008 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2008. 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--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments 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--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health KY Issued 12/2008 P-12 Commission on Philanthropy E.O. 2008-1273 Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Pro... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008 P-12 Prevalent Student Chronic Health Conditions S.B. 2685 Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires teachers' institutes to include instruction on prevalent student chronic health condition... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on Children and Youth H.B. 4456 Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that ... More... WA Adopted 08/2008 P-12 SEX EDUCATION WAC 392-410-140 Amends rules relating to sex education. Provides definition and requirements for providing sex education. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/... More... CA Signed by Governor 07/2008 P-12 Environmental impact A.B. 2720 Makes technical changes to the California Environmental Quality Act that prohibits an environmental impact report for any project involving ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Health Exams for Students Entering Grade 6 H.B. 5717 Provides that any child who received a health examination within one year prior to entering the fifth grade for a certain school year is not... More... LA Issued 07/2008 P-12 Abstinence Education Executive Order 22 (Executive Order No. BJ 08-21) Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Governor's Program on Abstinence to promote abstinence... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curricula H.B. 7280 Requires that the physical education and health curricula in schools be based on standards set by the state Health Education Framework and t... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Eligibility for Free or Reduced Health Insurance H.B. 286 Requires local school districts, vocational or technical school districts, and the Department of Health and Social Services to take advantag... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors H.B. 416 Enables the Governor to assure terms of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors are staggered by appoint... More... FL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 School Breakfast Programs H.B. 623 Requires expansion of the school district breakfast programs to middle and high schools; sets prices for school meals and for provision of t... More... IL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Heartsaver AED Fund H.B. 1058 Makes nonpublic schools eligible for matching grants from the department of public health's Heartsaver AED Fund to help purchase Automated E... More... LA Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 P-12 Information on Human Papillomavirus H.B. 359 Requires school boards to provide information on human papillomavirus and immunization against it to the parents of students in grades 6-12.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Immunization Compliance Reports H.B. 184 Requires the chief administrators of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprie... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Vaccinations H.B. 178 Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires students to provide evidence of vaccination against meningococcal disease as a condition ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Immunization against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases H.B. 581 Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires each person entering the sixth grade in any school in the state to present evidence of im... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Student Immunization Reports H.B. 187 Requires all public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the dep... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. School Indoor Air Quality H.B. 1171 Establishes a commission to study air quality issues in public school buildings; provides for membership and compensation and a report; prov... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Health Curriculum S.B. 359 Updates the health education curriculum requirements to include instruction on the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human im... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 School Health Coordinators Pilot Program H.B. 3395 Directs the State Department of Education to contract with a statewide school health program to establish a School Health Coordinators Pilot... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Safe Environments for Students with Food Allergies H.B. 7463 Directs public schools to develop a policy to provide a safe environment for students with peanut, tree nut, or other food allergies; provid... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Posting of Student Allergy to Peanut S.B. 2130 Requires boards to require schools to post a notice in a conspicuous place advising if there is a student in the school that has an allergy ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Debrillators in High Schools H.B. 3723 Requires each school district to develop and implement an external defibrillator program for each high school which requires that such a def... More... VT Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Self-Medication H.B. 748 Permits students with life-threatening food allergies or other life-threatening chronic illnesses to possess and self-administer life-saving... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Community College TB Screening for Higher Education Students S.B. 44 Concerns tuberculosis screening for higher education students; allows each college and university in the state to create a tuberculosis scre... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Defibrillators in Schools H.B. 1031 Requires each public high school with an interscholastic athletics program to have at least one functioning automated external defibrillator... More... MD Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System S.B. 473 Requires the State Department of Education to require local school systems to utilize passive parental consent before administering the Yout... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 1186 Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the Board must require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act S.B. 1612 Creates the Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act to Reduce Childhood Obesity and Improve Academic Performance; directs the State Department... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Self-Administration of Medication H.B. 2239 Requires local boards to adopt a policy that permits the self administration of inhaled asthma medication by a student for treatment of asth... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Diabetic students S.B. 1229 Relates to policies and procedures adopted by a school district or charter school for diabetes management and administration of glucagon to ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Wellness Policies H.B. 1224 Encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including... More... IA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Eye Examinations S.F. 2251 Relates to student eye care; requires certification of the performance of an eye examination, and submission of the results of such examinat... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Dental Screenings H.B. 186 Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires a screening by a dentist, physician or registered nurse and a student dental health certi... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Health Services in a Family Resource or Youth Services Center H.B. 640 As funding becomes available, authorizes a supplemental grant program to fund the employment of a licensed physician or nurse to provide hea... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Task Force on Student Physical Fitness S.B. 955 Establishes a Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in State Public Schools; provides that the task force shall study the advisability of r... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Funding for School-Based Health Clinics L.B. 469 Allows funding from the Health Care Cash Fund to be used for school-based health clinics (formerly prohibited). http://uniweb.legislature.n... More... NY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Administration of Nebulizers S.B. 6641 Requires a school nurse or physician to administer nebulizers in accordance with a student's patient specific order. http://assembly.state.n... More... NY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Choking Risk in Children A.B. 9471 Requires the department of health to establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may pose a significant choking risk in... More... OK Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Defibrillators S.B. 923 Mandates that automated external defibrillators be made available in schools if funding is available; authorizes such defibrillators availab... More... TN Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Defibrillators in Schools H.B. 2775 Encourages LEAs to place automatic external defibrillators in schools; placement of such devices shall be within LEA's existing fiscal resou... More... WA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Student Health Insurance Outreach Pilot Project S.B. 5100 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to solicit six pilot districts to implement a project to inquire whther students attending... More... IA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Dental and Lead Screenings S.B. 2111 Requires local boards to annually submit evidence by June 30 that students attending schools in their jurisdictions (public or private) have... More... TN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Hearing Exams S.B. 2583 Present law allows a local education agency (LEA) to use revenues from gifts, grants, and state and local appropriations to provide an eye e... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injector H.B. 101 Provides that a school, school board, or school official may not prohibit or dissuade a teacher or other school employee from possessing, st... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Physical Fitness H.B. 242 Requires local school boards to incorporate into their local wellness policy as a goal a minimum of an average of 150 minutes of physical fi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Administration of Prescription Medication S.B. 271 Relates to administration of prescription drugs; allows a person employed in a school for students with disabilities to administer prescript... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Mental Health Awareness S.B. 640 Adds mental health education and awareness to the list of topics that shall be covered in family life education curricula. http://leg1.state... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 High School Health Ed. Curriculum H.B. 4124 Adds education concerning CPR and first aid to the health education curriculum to students in grades six to 12. http://www.legis.state.wv.us... More... AK Adopted 02/2008 P-12 IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED 4 AAC 06.055 Adds one new immunization and expands the age-range for another immunization required for entry into a state public school. Updates the name... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 School Nurses S.B. 2905 Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to... More... 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