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Summary |
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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--College Entrance Exams |
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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--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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 | Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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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--Cyber Charters |
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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--Vouchers |
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 | Civic Education |
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 | Civic Education--Character Education |
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 | Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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 | Class Size |
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 | Curriculum |
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 | Curriculum--Arts Education |
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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--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--Health/Nutrition Education |
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 | Curriculum--Home Economics |
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 | Curriculum--International 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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 | Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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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--Bonds |
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 | Finance--District |
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 | Finance--Equity |
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 | Finance--Facilities |
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 | Finance--Federal |
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 | Finance--Funding Formulas |
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 | Finance--Litigation |
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 | Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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 | Finance--Lotteries |
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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--School Boards |
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 | Governance--School Boards--Training |
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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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| WI | Signed into law 12/2009 | P-12 | Relates to liability of volunteer health care providers providing services for a nonprofit agency, a school board or governing body; includes podiatrists, chiropractors, certified dietitians, pharmacy technicians and physical therapists as eligible volunteer health care providers; provides that such volunteers shall be considered state agents of the Department of Health Services for liability matters regardless of whether they have coverage under a policy of health care liability insurance. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act93.pdf
Title: S.B. 80
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes the governing board of each school district maintaining a high school to provide for the annual cleaning and sterilization of wrestling equipment as specified by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education. Provides the agencies would be required to develop and approve, respectively, information and guidelines on the prevention of communicable diseases at school sites, including the maintenance of locker rooms, athletic equipment, and synthetic ground covers used for athletic fields and ways to minimize the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and meningococcal disease.. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to post the information and guidance on the department Web site. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_212_bill_20090904_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_212_vt_20091011.html
Title: S.B. 212
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires the department of public health to develop information about meningococcal disease, including information pertaining to children between the ages of 11-18, by April 2010. Authorizes the state Department of Education to add this information to any health education material sent home to parents of students who are at least 11 years of age. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_249_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 249
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Provides legislative findings and declarations on nutrition and health in children's early years. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a minimum 12-month pilot program in which selected child care centers and day care homes participating in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program must implement certain nutrition and physical activity standards in exchange for a higher state meal reimbursement. Requires the department of education to design and implement the program. Requires the department to contract with an independent agency within a year of the conclusion of the program to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the pilot program, and for the evaluation results to be sent to senate and assembly education committees. Identifies components that must be included in the evaluation.
Provides that this program will only be implemented if the superintendent determines that non-General Fund funding sources, including, but not limited to, federal funding or grant sources, are available to
implement it. Establishes January 2015 repeal date. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_627_bill_20090910_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_627_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 627
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NV | Rule Adoption 10/2009 | P-12 | Revises and repeals provisions governing courses of instruction for health.
www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl
Title: NAC 389.2423, .2944, .281, .381, .455
Source: www.leg.state.nv.us
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| TX | Adopted 10/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning the control of communicable diseases requiring exclusion from schools. Deletes the references to child-care facilities because the department of state health services has no authority to exclude children from child-care facilities. Adds reference to infections (wounds, skin and soft tissue) to section on conditions requiring exclusion of student from school, and conditions and readmission criteria. The new provision creates an additional condition for which children may be excluded from schools to prevent the transmission of bacterial infections, especially antibiotic-resistant staphylococcal infections. Adopted as proposed in May 29, 2009 Register (pages 7-9 of 21): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0529/0529prop.pdf
Title: 25 TAC 1.97.A.97.7
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires that pupils of public and private schools, be offered the opportunity to receive, within the school year, the topical application of fluoride or other
decay-inhibiting agent to the teeth. Existing law requires the application to be under the direction of a dentist and allows for self-application. Under existing law, a dental assistant may only perform topical fluoride applications under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist.
New provision provides that, when services are provided to elementary or postsecondary pupils, specifically include fluoride varnish in the topical applications that may be used and allow application by any person, including a dental assistant. Also permits any person, including a dental assistant, to apply topical fluoride, including fluoride varnish, to the teeth of a person being served in a public health setting or program that is created or administered by a state or local governmental entity. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_667_bill_20090806_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 667
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Control Act. Requires licensed day care centers to ensure that products will not be applied to day care center grounds when children are present. Requires applicators to provide a copy of the approved pesticide registration label as well as the material safety data sheet. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1769lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1769
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education, in conjunction with the department of public health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires each local board to implement a policy based on these guidelines by January 2011. Requires the establishment of a committee to develop the guidelines. At least every 2 years, requires an in-service training program for school personnel who work with students to be conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and management. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0281lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 281
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that, if a district closes one or more (but not all) schools during a public health emergency, the district may claim a full day of attendance based on the average of the three days of attendance preceding the closure.
Replaces requirement that teacher and certain administrator certification candidates pass a test of subject area knowledge with requirement that an assessment of professional teaching, and a test of subject matter knowledge; allows another state's basic skills and subject area knowledge test to substitute for a passing score on the state test. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2675lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2675
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include information about cancer, including types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and information on where to go for help. Requires an interscholastic athletic organization to include on any pre-participation examination form a question asking if a student has a family history of cancer. Authorizes the organization to require that a testicular examination be conducted in any physical required for a male student's participation in interscholastic athletics. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1665lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1665
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to organize at least three hearings on the health and social costs of obesity and the need to address the obesity epidemic. Provides the purpose of these hearings is to (1) highlight existing state- and community-level initiatives, (2) identify existing plans and opportunities for action and the expansion of initiatives, (3) inform policymakers and the public about effective solutions to the problem, and (4) identify and engage stakeholders to promote action to reduce obesity, improve nutrition and increase physical activity. Provides that, by February 2010, subject to the availability of public, private and contributed in-kind resources, a report on these hearings must be provided to the members of the general assembly and the state board of health to inform and support action on implementing the 2009 State Health Improvement Plan. By April 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the department of public health to grant funds to one or more non-profit organizations or
local public health departments to conduct a statewide anti-obesity education and engagement campaign. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3767lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3767
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates the MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act to to improve the prevention of infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Establishes prevention, control, and reporting requirements for developmental centers, residential schools for the deaf and visually impaired, correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers or boot camps. Requires guidelines to include requirements for screening and surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation and infection control. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0185lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 185
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires boards of directors of charter schools to implement the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans; requires local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools to report annually to the State Board of Education about their compliance with these guidelines.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 738
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| HI | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. Directs the department of health to maintain a list of products that have been approved by the Green Seal program.
Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/HB1538_SD1_.HTM
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/GM845_.PDF
Title: H.B. 1538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Adopted 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates new rules relating to integrated pest management standard and pesticide use in schools.
Integrated Pest Management Standard: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/901/5/11/901$5-11-14_PH_FF_N_RU_20090731_0959.pdf
Pesticide Use in Schools: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/901/5/11/901$5-11-15_PH_FF_N_RU_20090731_0959.pdf
Title: OAC 901:5-11-14, -15
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates new section 3313.719. Directs school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt written policies to protect students with peanut or other food allergies. Requires that policies be developed in consultation with parents, school nurses and other school employees, school volunteers, students and community members.
Page 1200 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.719
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Effective July 1, 2011, permits only district employees who are licensed health professionals, or who have completed a drug administration training program conducted by a licensed health professional and considered appropriate by the board, to administer prescription drugs to students.
Pages 1198-1200 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.713
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to periodically review their policies and procedures to ensure (1) the safety of persons using a school from known hazards that pose an immediate risk to health or safety, and (2) compliance with federal health and safety laws and regulations applicable to schools.
Repeals Section 3313.473, 3314.15 and sections 3701.93 through 3701.936.
Section 3313.473: Directed the principal or chief administrator of public and nonpublic school to provide access to school premises during school operational hours for boards of health to conduct school health and safety network inspections. Also directed local boards of districts and educational service centers, and the chief administrator of each nonpublic school, to develop and submit a plan for abatement of hazardous conditions at the school.
Section 3314.15: Same provision as 3313.473, but applicable to community schools.
Section 3701.93: School safety and health - definitions.
Section 3701.931: Establishes the school health and safety network, under which each board of health was required to inspect each public and nonpublic school building and associated grounds at least once each year during school hours to identify conditions dangerous to public health and safety present in or on the building or grounds.
Section 3701.932: Requires the board of health to report the findings from every school inspection to specified stakeholders.
Section 3701.933: Directs local boards to submit to the board of health a written plan for abatement of the conditions determined to be hazardous to occupants, as identified in the report under Section 3701.932.
Section 3701.934: Directs the director of health to develop information specifying dangerous conditions and dangerous products, including products recalled by the manufacturer, that may be present in school buildings and associated grounds, and to distribute this information every quarter to local boards of health.
Section 3701.935: Directs the director of health to adopt rules establishing minimum standards and procedures for school inspections.
Section 3701.936: Provides that these provisions do not diminish a local board of health's authority to issue orders or take actions under specified sections of code.
Page 1207 and 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Repeals 3701.77, which established in the department of health the 15-member governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and sports. Repeals 3701.771, which established the duties of the council. Repeals 3701.772, which related to the awarding of certificates and awards to persons who participate in physical fitness, wellness and sports programs recommended by the governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and sports, including through agreements with school districts. Page 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3701.77, 3701.771 and 3701.772
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Concerns the availability of automatic external defibrillators in Schools; saves lives by requiring that: (1) There be an automatic external defibrillator and school staff trained in the use of such defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in all Schools; (2) Schools develop emergency response plans to address serious incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life threatening emergency while on school grounds.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/ACT/Pa/pdf/2009PA-00094-R00SB-00981-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 981
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides for physical fitness assessments in schools. It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to assess the status of an expansion program, based upon a pilot program that will utilize a health-related fitness assessment instrument to determine the fitness levels of students as a means to impact childhood obesity in Louisiana whereby positive results can be repeated or replicated in schools throughout the state.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665676
Title: S.B. 309
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct an assessment of the physical education capacities of elementary schools and to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs; establishes the Obesity and Chronic Disease Fund, transferred to the Department of Education; allows the Obesity and Chronic Disease Fund to receive public or private funds or income from other sources.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP098301.pdf
Title: H.B. 983
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to provide reproductive health and safety education in grades seven through nine; requires such education to include instruction on sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive methods, and sexual assault and abuse; requires LEAs to provide a comprehensive school health education program that meets all the requirements of this subsection and all the objectives established by the State Board.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H88v8.pdf
Title: H.B. 88
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the coordinated school health committee and requires a report to be submitted detailing the state's efforts in providing health education for pupils in kindergarten through grade 12.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0527.html
Title: H.B. 527
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training on how to recognize symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion; prohibits a coach from allowing a member of a school athletic team to participate in an athletic event or training on the same day that such member exhibits signs of or is diagnosed with having the concussion. Chapter 661
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0348.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 348
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Creates new Section 51.9192. Applies to first-time students enrolling in public, private and independent institutions of higher education on or after June 2010, and residing in on-campus housing. Requires such a student to provide a signed certificate evidencing that the student has been vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. Provides exceptions on grounds of danger to student's health or on religious beliefs.
Creates new Section 51.971. Defines "compliance program" as process to assess and ensure postsecondary officer and employee compliance with applicable laws and policies, including those regarding ethics and standards of conduct financial reporting, internal accounting controls, and auditing. Allows an institution maintaining a compliance program to establish procedures to preserve the confidentiality of communications and anonymity of individuals making a report or participating in an investigation. Specifies types of information that must be confidential. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04189F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4189
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Directs the state education agency to establish a Web site for teachers of students with special health needs. Requires the Web site to include information on the treatment and management of chronic illnesses and common food allergies. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01322F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1322
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires the campus improvement plan of an an elementary, middle or junior high school to set goals and objectives for a coordinated health program based on student fitness assessment data, student academic performance data, student attendance rates, the percentage of students who are educationally disadvantaged, the use and success of any method to ensure that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity and any other indicator recommended by the local school health advisory council. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00892F.pdf
Title: S.B. 892
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | §7.150 is repealed and adopted with new language. Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an integrated pest management (IPM) program as provided by House Bill 2458 (HB 2458), 80th Regular Legislative Session, 2007. New §7.150 provides for continuing education and training requirements for newly appointed integrated pest management coordinators employed by school districts. Also provides for the responsibility of school districts to adopt an IPM program, sets forth the elements that an IPM program shall contain, provides for the appointment andnotification to the department of IPM coordinators, describes the responsibilities of the IPM coordinator and certified applicators and licensed technicians, and establishes categories of pesticides that are allowed to be used in school buildings and other facilities of school districts, provides for the approval for use requirement of each category and specifies the application restrictions associated with each category.
7.153: Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program. Specifies that a pest control business that qualifies to use the reduced impact pest control service may use the consumer information sheet designed specifically for that service and that the consumer information sheet may be obtained from the department and through the department's Web site. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0703/0703adop.pdf
Title: 4 TAC 1.7.7.150, .153
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires that an automated external defibrillator be placed in each public K-12 school in the state. Requires at one employee at each school to be trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.
Title: S.B. 306
Source: www.lexis.com
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires local school systems to provide information to parents of students in grades 6-12 on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine whenever other health information is provided. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb300.pdf
Title: H.B. 300
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Includes a physician's designee and a pharmacist's designee as persons who may provide immunization data to the immunization data registry; adds a provider's designee and a child placing agency as persons to whom the State Department of Health may release information from the immunization data registry; requires a child to receive immunizations against meningitis, varicella and pertussis; relates to vision tests performed in the schools; requires schools to keep records of waiver requests. Public Law 161
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/SE/SE0219.1.html
Title: S.B. 219
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts that offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automatic external defibrillator instruction to use instruction developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or uses nationally recognized, evidenced-based guidelines.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0567.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 567
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt policies on allergy prevention and response, with priority given to addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies; relates to allergy management, age- appropriate response, confidentiality of student medical information, school safety and environmental policies.
http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hb922.htm
Title: H.B. 922
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction and the department of human services to jointly develop a system under which families of children enrolling in the public school system are provided with information regarding state and federally funded health insurance programs and encouraged to apply for such coverage if determined to be eligible.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Health Insurance
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Amends section 79-217 to require every student entering 7th grade on or after July 1, 2010
to have a booster immunization containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis vaccine. The
immunization must meet the standards approved by the United States Public Health Service for such biological
products, as such standards existed on January 1, 2009.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB464.pdf
Title: L.B. 464
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Extends by one year the reporting date for the commission to review New Hampshire's statutes on HIV education, prevention, and control.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/sb0045.html
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes provisions relating to public health emergencies; requires the Governor to determine whether a public health emergency or other health event requires a coordinated response if there is an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public; provides for the establishment of an emergency team to coordinate a response to a public health emergency or other health event; prescribes the membership, duties and scope of authority of such an emergency team. Chapter 98
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/7tth2009/Bills/AB/AB112_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 112
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Extends the prospective expiration of the requirement that each school conduct examinations of the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils until a specified date; revises the grades in which the examinations of the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils are conducted to require each school district to conduct and report on the examinations for grades 4, 7 and 10 and authorizes a school district to conduct the examinations in other grade levels.
Chapter 285
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB191_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 191
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Urges department of health to enhance current immunization activities to focus on vaccination of all children ages six months through 18 years of age, as recommended by National Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. -
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SJR0085.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 85
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Makes all schools, instead of just high schools, eligible for grants from the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvement.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB2270.pdf
Title: H.B. 2270
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | As introduced, instructs the state board of education to review district policies on school personnel recommending psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin to treat elementary and secondary school students for behavioral concerns; requires the state board to report its findings to the select oversight committee on education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1925.pdf
Title: S.B. 1925
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school year, the Commissioner of Education may waive for such school year the requirement for 180 days of classroom instruction, if such request is submitted to the commissioner by the Director of Schools; provides the request may be for the entire local education agency or for individual schools with the agency. Pub. Ch. 272
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Amend/SA0447.pdf
Title: S.B. 899
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Directs the department of state health Services and the state education agency and all other state agencies that provide information, services or support to adolescents or their parents to seek out opportunities to educate them as to the importance of receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations and the positive impact that these measures will have on adolescents' long-term health and well-being. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HC00088F.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Enacts the Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009; prohibits smoking on state-supported institutions of higher education campuses to protect students, employees, and visitors at from secondhand smoke on campus.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB2007.pdf
Title: H.B. 2007
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes students to possess and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine. Requires local board policies to include
provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides a student may be subject to disciplinary action if he or she uses auto-injectable epinephrine in a manner other than as prescribed. Provides a local school system and its employees and agents shall incur no liability other than for willful or wanton misconduct for any injury to a student caused by his or her use of auto-injectable epinephrine. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb8.pdf
Title: S.B. 8
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the Student Health and Physical Education Act. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, requires local school systems to conduct an annual fitness assessment for students in grades 1-12 enrolled in a physical education class. Requires individual assessment results to be reported to each student's parent, and aggregate results to the state board of education.
Directs the state board to adopt and disseminate to local school systems standards that express the most current and widely accepted best practices and benchmarks in the areas of student health and physical education. Permits the governor, in collaboration with the state board, to develop one or more recognition programs to acknowledge local school systems and schools that have most improved in their physical fitness assessments. Repeals these provisions effective June 30, 2019. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb229.pdf
Title: H.B. 229
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Health to adopt rules concerning indoor air quality in schools and state agencies; provides that after the State Department of Health inspects a school or state agency for indoor air quality as the result of a complaint, the State Department of Health must post certain information; provides for consideration of the effects of outdoor air quality when establishing criteria for school siting. Public Law 132
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/se/se0440.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 440
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Concerns the School Medication Aide Act; relates to epinephrine kits, responsibility for maintenance by the Board of Pharmacy, and persons authorized to administer epinephrine to students at school. Chapter 2009-102
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2008.pdf
Title: H.B. 2008
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program elements for the fitness measurement programs; requires the State Department of Education to take specified steps to support the establishment of the fitness measurement programs; requires the Department to establish an Advisory Council on Health and Physical Education; provides for the membership of the Advisory Council.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/sb/sb0879t.pdf
Title: S.B. 879
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student data for the health-related components of physical fitness and to assist students with personal fitness plans; relates to funding.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb1264t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1264; S.B. 879
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to establish and implement the Safe Routes to Schools program, a federally-funded program with the goal of increasing physical activity in school-aged children by increasing the number of children walking and bicycling to school. Designates the "Oklahoma Safe Routes to Schools Revolving Fund" in the state Treasury. The fund is to be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and is to consist of all monies received by the Department from any public or private sources authorized by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose of implementing the federal Safe Routes to School program.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB399_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 399
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the program for scoliosis screening in schools. Chapter 41
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/1322.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1322
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, with assistance from the department of education, to staff and coordinate a study of sports safety to be completed no later than October 1, 2009. Identifies areas for the study to review. Sets forth members of the study work group. Directs the association to submit a written report to include findings and recommendations to the interim joint committee on education by October 30, 2009. Provides the report must include recommendations to improve the safety of students participating in high school athletics and any legislation that might be necessary to implement the recommendations.
Requires high school coaches to complete a sports safety course and pass the related end-of-course exam. Requires course content to include training in first aid, among other topics. Requires the state board or board-designated agency to establish a minimum timeline for a coach to complete the course; approve sports safety course providers; ensure providers are certified athletic trainers, registered nurses, physicians, or physician's assistants licensed to practice in the state; and establish the minimum qualifying score for successful course completion.
Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires at least one person who has completed the sports safety course to be at every high school athletic practice and competition. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/HB383/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 383
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Changes the name of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation to the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and allows for moneys from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Fund that are obtained primarily from public grants and private funding sources to be used to reduce childhood obesity in the Commonwealth.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2456ER
Title: H.B. 2456
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| CA | Vetoed 01/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for school and community college districts, pupil retention block grants, charter school block grants, pupil oral health assessments, local agency program improvement under the No Child Left Behind program, the High Priority Schools Grant Program, funding for regional occupational centers and programs, school transportation funds, and local education agency budgets.
Title: A.B. 4A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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