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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 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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| 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--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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| 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--Innovation Schools |
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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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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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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--Drivers 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--Language Arts |
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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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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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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--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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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--Performance Funding |
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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--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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| AL | Issued 12/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force. Includes the state superintendent of education or designee among the membership. Charges the task force with researching and developing options to encourage statewide efforts to reduce cases of HIV/AIDS and to improve the overall health of Alabamians by adopting and promoting a statewide comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Direct Services Plan to the general public, state and local elected officials, various public and private organizations and associations, businesses and industries, agencies, potential funders and other community resources.
http://governor.alabama.gov/news/news_detail.aspx?ID=5951
Title: Executive Order 26
Source: governor.alabama.gov
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2011 | P-12 | Establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes. Requires the Departments of Education and Health to develop and post on their websites guidelines and relevant materials to inform mand educate students concerning head injuries. The Departments are to inlcude information provided by the Centers fo rDisease Control and Prevention. A student participating in interscholastic athletics and the student's parent/guardian must sign a form acknowledging they have receive and reviewed these guidelines. A student athlete who exhibits signs or symptoms of a concussion must be removed from plan and may not return to play until her or she is cleared to do so, in writing, by an appropriate medical professional. Imposes penalties. Defines "Appropriate medical professional" as all of the following: (1) A licensed physician who is trained in the evaluation and management of concussions or a licensed or certified health care professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions and designated by such licensed physician.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0200&pn=1637
Title: S.B. 200
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| AR | Adopted Regulations 10/2011 | P-12 | Revises the Hearing Services provider policy manual to allow school districts and education service cooperatives (ESCs) to perform certain audiology services within the school setting. Describes the participation criteria for schools and ESCs; the scope of services that schools and ESCs can provid; procedure codes that are non-payable to schools and ESCs; and the national place of service code that must be used to identify the school or ESC setting when billing Arkansas Medicaid. ARKANSAS REG 257467
Title: AR ADC 016.06.24-202.110; AR ADC 016.06.24-213.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-214.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-242.100, 110, 200, 310; AR ADC 016.06.35-500.000
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Until January 1, 2017, authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to participate in a program to provide nonmedical school employees with voluntary emergency medical training to provide, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school or charter school, emergency medical assistance to pupils with epilepsy suffering from seizures, in accordance with guidelines developed by the state department of education in consultation with the state department of public health. Requires the state department of education to post these guidelines on its Web site by July 2012. Allows a parent or guardian of a pupil with epilepsy who has been prescribed an emergency antiseizure medication by the pupil's health care provider, to request the pupil's school to have one or more of its employees receive voluntary training in administering the emergency antiseizure medication, in the event that the pupil suffers a seizure when a nurse is not available. Requires a school district, county office of education, or charter school that elects to train school employees to ensure that the school or charter school distributes an electronic notice to all staff regarding the request. Authorizes the state department of education to include on its Web site a clearinghouse of best practices in training nonmedical personnel in administering an emergency antiseizure medication pursuant to these provisions. Makes various legislative findings and declarations, and states the intent of the legislature in enacting this measure. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_161_bill_20111007_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires a school district that elects to offer athletic programs to immediately remove from a school-sponsored athletic activity for the remainder of the day an athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury during that activity. Prohibits the return of the athlete to that activity until he/she is evaluated by, and receives written clearance from, a licensed health care provider. Requires a concussion and head injury information sheet to be signed and returned each year by the athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice or competition. Provides these provisions do not apply to an athlete engaged in an athletic activity during the regular schoolday or as part of a physical education course. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_25_bill_20111004_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 25
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: States legislative intent to pursue every means necessary to ensure that the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (CAL-SCHLS) remains viable and urges the state
to pursue federal funding, grants, or other sources to ensure that school districts receive the necessary funding to support the CAL-SCHLS. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_18_bill_20110825_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.C.R. 18
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to notifications of bedbug infestations in New York City public schools. Adds guardians of potentially affected students to the individuals who must receive immediate notification when a bedbug infestation has been identified. Provides that if it has been determined that an infestation is contained within a discrete area, the principal may limit such notification to parents, persons in parental relationship or guardians of potentially affected students within such area, and must advise the parents' association of the scope of such notification. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07259&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 7259
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in grades 7-12 to conditionally attend school for up to 30 days if that pupil
has not been fully immunized with all pertussis boosters appropriate for the pupil's age if specified conditions are met. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_614_bill_20110725_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 614
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax exempt organization within the Department of Education.
Health Assessment - Allows certain medical professionals from military bases who are not licensed by the state to conduct health assessments in schools.
Data Collection Requirements - Eliminates the requirement that regional educational service centers collect and analyze data on school efforts to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Eliminates the requirement that superintendents submit data on the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the district to the regional educational service center and instead submit such data directly to the Commissioner of Education.
International Teachers - Requires that a teacher maintain a valid J-1 Visa issued by the United States Department of State as a condition of renewal of an international teacher permit.
Magnet Schools - Requires all interdistrict magnet schools to file annual financial audits with the education commissioner.
Charter Schools - Extends, from 75 to 90 days after it receives the application, the deadline for the State Board of Education to review and vote to approve or disapprove an application to establish a state charter school. Adds, as the most important factor in determining which newly approved charter schools are funded, the quality of the school's proposed program as measured against criteria required by the statutory charter school application process. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00179-R00SB-01039-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1039
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Requires all of the state's public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Exempts boards of education, and supervisory agents of nonpublic schools and their agents, employees, or officers, acting without malice, in good faith, and in the scope of their employment or official duties, from any damage resulting from the failure to detect CO within a public school building. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00248-R00HB-05326-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5326
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, policies and bylaws of the Illinois High School Association. Requires that information on the local concussion and head injury policy must be included in any agreement, contract, code or other written instrument a district requires student athletes and parents to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic competition. Directs the Illinois High School Association to make available to all districts, including elementary school districts, educational materials describing the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that districts use such educational materials to educate coaches, student athletes and parents about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
Authorizes and encourages any park district to make available to residents and users of park district facilities, including youth athletic programs, educational materials that describe the nature and risk of concussion and head injuries. Provides such materials may use materials developed by the Illinois High School Association. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0204.pdf
Title: H.B. 200
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires school boards to work with the Missouri State High School Activities Association to develop guidelines regarding concussions and head injuries.
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills111/billpdf/truly/HB0300T.PDF
Title: H.B. 300
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Adds an annual refresher course to the initial course requirement for coaches and volunteers, and encourages districts to have
school nurses complete a training course in concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Encourages districts to get student neuropsychological testing, computerized or otherwise. A youth athlete, who has been removed from play, may not return to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed physician who may consult with an athletic trainer, all of whom must be trained in the evaluation and management of concussions. The athlete must receive written clearance to play from the physician.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law11/law11237.htm
Title: H.B. 5440 and S.B. 0291 A
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information to inform parents and youth athletes on the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury. Requires the youth athlete and athlete's parent to annually sign a concussion and head injury information sheet before the youth athlete's initiating practice or competition. Requires each sports or recreational organization governing body to ensure that coaches receive annual training on recognizing the symptoms of a concussion and seeking proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion. Requires each sports or recreational organization to establish by rule the requirements of the training and timelines. Requires a youth athlete suspected of having a concussion to be immediately removed from participation and may not return to play until the athlete receives written clearance to return to play from a licensed physician.
Title: H.B. 108
Source:
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides an exception to the state's preemption of smoking regulation to authorize district school boards to restrict smoking by persons on school district property. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-108.pdf
Title: S.B. 1430
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| IL | Adopted 06/2011 | P-12 | Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0004lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned athletics. Explains procedures for when students sustain serious injuries.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760729
Title: H.B. 364
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sustaining a concussion. Addresses requirements which must be satisfied for a youth athlete to return to play after sustaining a concussion or head injury. Spells out requirements for the dissemination of concussion information by the Department of Health and Hospitals.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760519
Title: S.B. 189
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade levels qualifying for reduced-price meals in all schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program (NSBP). Provides that if appropriated funds are insufficient to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students qualifying for reduced-price meals, local child nutrition programs will charge the students qualifying for reduced-price meals the allowable amount for a reduced-price breakfast under the guidelines of the NSBP. Requires the State Board of Education to report by November 15, 2011, to the Legislature on an overview of the federally supported food service programs. Directs the state auditor to audit child nutrition services of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Title: S.B. 415
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:
1. That all coaches, school nurses, athletic directors, first responders, volunteers, students who participate in interscholastic athletic activities, and the parents of those students will annually receive a concussion and head injury information sheet. School employees, first responders, volunteers, and students must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before they can participate in interscholastic athletic activities, including tryouts, practices, or competition. Parents must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before their children can participate in any such interscholastic athletic activities.
2. If a student participating in an interscholastic athletic activity exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with concussion, the student must be removed from the activity at that time and not be allowed to return to play or practice that day. The student must not return to play or practice on a subsequent day until the student is evaluated by and receives written clearance for such participation.
3. That each school must develop a venue specific emergency action plan to deal with serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the condition of the patient may deteriorate rapidly. The plan shall include a delineation of roles, methods of communication, available emergency equipment, and access to and plan for emergency transport.
4. That each school must maintain complete and accurate records of its compliance with the requirements pertaining to head injuries. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H792v5.html
Title: H.B. 792
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals requirement that the healthy choices for healthy children council assist the department of health in developing a list of resources on health risks associated with weight status for distribution to parents. Repeals requirement that the state board establish a measure of whether a district or building is complying with a provision (section 3313.674) requiring students in certain grades to undergo screenings for body mass index and weight status category, or operating under a waiver from these requirements. Pages 32 and 34 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Health
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute accessed via a computer or other electronic medium or that is available through an Internet-based provider of course content, or any other material that contributes to the learning process through electronic means. Clarifies that monies paid to districts via section 3317.024 may also be used to purchase (1) "computer hardware and related equipment", including computer tablets, and other mobile handheld devices; and their operating systems and accessories and (2) life-saving medical or other emergency equipment for placement in nonpublic schools within the district or to maintain such equipment.
Page 300-302 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Defines "severe food allergy". Requires that a district request, upon a student's enrollment, parental disclosure of a food allergy or severe food allergy that, in the parent's judgment, should be disclosed to enable the district to take any necessary precautions regarding the child's safety, and specify the food the child is allergic to and the nature of the allergic reaction. Requires that districts maintain the confidentiality of this information, and disclose to teachers, school counselors, school nurses, and other appropriate school personnel only to the extent consistent with district policy and permissible under FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974). Requires that information on a child's food allergy be retained in a child's student records but not in the child's health record. Requires that documentation of a food allergy received from a physician be placed in a child's health record. Permits a registered nurse to enter notes about a potential food allergy in a child's health record. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00742F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 742
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Directs local boards and charter schools to adopt and administer a policy for the care of students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for anaphylaxis based on guidelines developed by May 2012 by the commissioner of state health services in consultation with an ad hoc committee. Requires that a district or charter school that adopted a policy before the development of these guidelines review and revise the policy as necessary to ensure the policy is consistent with the guidelines. Provides for the creation of an ad hoc committee to consult with the commissioner of state health services on the development of the guidelines. Establishes restrictions on the guidelines. Requires that the guidelines be posted on the Texas Education Agency Web site with any other information relating to students with special health needs. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00027F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 27
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00226F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 226
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a local board of trustees to appoint a representative of local domestic violence programs to the local school health advisory council. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 736
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing body of a school district shall consult with the state school activities association to develop and publish guidelines and other information to educate coaches, student athletes and parents of student athletes regarding the nature and risks of concussions. Guidelines developed under this section must include a description of the risks of return to play and standards for return to play. A student who is expected of having sustained a concussion during a practice or game is to be immediately removed from the practice or game and the student may not return to plan until having been evaluated and cleared for participation in writing by a qualifed person who has received training and is currently certified, as verified in writing or electronically by the qualified person, in the evaluation and management of concussions. "Qualified person" means either a licensed health care provider or a person acting at the direction and under the supervision of a licensed physician. Effective date 08/25/11.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0015Z&session=27
Title: H.B. 15
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Permits a school to receive and store auto-injectable epinephrine on behalf of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication if the parent or guardian provides certain written statements from the doctor and parent. Directs each local board to adopt a policy authorizing school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to a student, regardless of whether the student has a prescription. Directs local boards to provide school staff with information on recognizing the symptoms of anaphylactic shock and the correct method of administering auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides immunity to a school staff member who in good faith administers or chooses not to administer epinephrine to a student. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116297.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to school corporations for distribution to schools to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that a high school student athlete and the student athlete's parent be given information concerning head injuries and concussions and return a form acknowledging receipt of the information to the student athlete's coach each year before beginning practice for a sport. Requires that a high school student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a head injury or concussion be removed from play at the time of the injury. Provides that the student athlete may not return to play until the student athlete has been evaluated and received written clearance from a licensed health care provider trained in evaluating head injuries. Provides that a health care provider who, as a volunteer in good faith and gratuitously, provides head injury evaluations to student athletes has immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions arising from the evaluations, except for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Effective 07/01/2011
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0093.1.html
Title: S.B. 93
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians of students on the risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires a county board of education to provide a specified information sheet to a student and parent or guardian for student and parent or guardian to sign. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_549_hb0858E.pdf
Title: H.B. 858
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians of students on the risk of concussions and head injuries; requiring county boards of education to provide specified information to students, parents, and guardians. Requires the removal from play of specified students or youth athletes under specified circumstances. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_548_sb0771E.pdf
Title: S.B. 771
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is related to sexual health includes instruction pertaining to the risks associated with adolescent sexual activity and the social, psychological, and physical health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity before and outside of marriage.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0467-06000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1229
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NE | Vetoed 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires each student entering kindergarten on and after July 1, 2011, to have undergone blood lead testing after the age
of eighteen months and before the age of four years or, in the case of a transfer student four years of age or older enrolling in the district for the first time, within six months prior to enrollment. Any student who does not comply is not to be permitted to continue in school until he or she so complies (lists exceptions). Requires each district to make diligent efforts to inform families prior to the date of school registration.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/AM/AM659.pdf
Title: L.B. 204
Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies concerning the prevention and treatment of injuries to the head sustained by pupils while participating in sports and other athletic activities and events. The policy must require that a pupil who sustains or is suspected of sustaining an injury to the head while participating in such activity or event: (1) be immediately removed from the activity or event; and (2) may not return to the the activity or event unless the parent or legal guardian of the pupil provides a written statement from a health care provider medically clearing the pupil to participate and the date on which the pupil may return to the activity. Annually, a pupil participating in interscholastic activites and his parent or legal guardian must sign a form acknowledging they have received a copy of the policy and understand its terms and conditions before the pupil may participate. The board of trustees of each school district is required to adopt a similar policy for participation in the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Certain organizations for youth sports in this State is required to adopt a similar policy.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB455_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 455
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the first AED received by a school to be placed in a location that can be readily accessed, which may include those areas used for physical education or activity.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1633.pdf
Title: H.B. 1633
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary and secondary students. Currently, students are required to have a minimum of 90 minutes of physical activity per instructional week.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0009.pdf
Title: H.B. 9
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Relates to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. Requires vaccination of all entering students (rather than first-time students), unless the student is at least 30 years old or enrolled only in online or other distance learning courses. Defines "entering student". Clarifies procedures for a student to verify that s/he has received a vaccination or booster. Requires that postsecondary institutions provide students, before their initial enrollment, written notice of student or parent's right to claim an exemption from the vaccination requirement and of the importance of consulting a physician about the need for immunization to prevent the disease. Specifies that board of higher education rules must provide that the vaccination be received no later than the 10th day before the first day of the semester/term in which the student initially enrolls, unless the student is granted an extension by the institution. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB01107F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1107
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | This section defines and establishes the importance of avoiding and treating student concussions. Requires the development of statewide guidelines, forms and other materials (to be updated as needed) that are designed to educate coaches, youth athletes, and the parents and guardians of youth athletes regarding concussions. Requires school administrators to ensure that such information developed is provided to each youth athlete and family. Requires each youth athlete and a parent or guardian to annually sign a form acknowledging receipt of such information. Requires each coach to receive training no less than every two years. Prohibits coaches from permitting a youth athlete to train or compete if the athlete has been removed or prohibited from participating because of symptoms of a concussion until a licensed health care provider has provided written permission.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT058.pdf
Title: S.B. 100 - Sec. 39
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires districts to develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that includes recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and physical activities: (1) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency; (2) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and (3) A communicable disease. Requires athletic coaches to undergo training on above.
Creates a Public School Athletic Trainer Pilot Program. Directs the Department of Education to provide grants for providing a access to one or more athletic trainers to public schools in Arkansas through the two-year Public School Athletic Trainer Pilot Program. Defines scope of pilot program and requires reporting upon its completion.
Directs the Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Athletic Training in Public Schools to develop a web-based survey to be completed by each public school in Arkansas through the Department of Education website. The survey must include questions concerning: (1) The recruitment, hiring, and retention of athletic trainers; (2) Professional development and certification or licensure of athletic training personnel; and (3) Procedures and training on the recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and activities: (A) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency; (B) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and (C) A communicable disease.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1743.pdf
Title: H.B. 1743
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires school district governing boards to implement policies and procedures regarding concussions and head injuries of students participating in school-sponsored athletic activities. Chapter 167
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1521s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1521
Source: http://www.azleg.govf
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. Spells out the minutes required for physical activity based on the length of time students attend school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9CF56533FEFE87598725780800800FBF?Open&file=1069_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1069
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Concerned with protecting students from concussions and other brain injuries. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF367.pdf
Title: S.F. 367
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MS | Vetoed 04/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes the state department of health to apply for federal grants and to provide an influenza vaccination school program for school-age children aged 5-18.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0868SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 868
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requirements that must be included in the program. The program must require that students be removed from competition and practice or training if they report or exhibit any sign or symptom of a concussion. Also requires that any student who is removed must be examined as soon as possible by a licensed, registered or certified health care provider and that the student does not return to competition or training until written permission is obtained by an authorized health care provider. Authorizes legislative management to study concussion management, including the nature, scope and applicability of programs designed to prevent or eliminate concussions.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0620-05000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2281
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| AR | To Governor 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that a licensed nurse employed by a school district or other healthcare professional shall annually train volunteer school personnel designated as care providers to administer Glucagon to a student with Type I diabetes. Provides that parents of students with Type I diabetes fill out a permission form.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1447.pdf
Title: H.B. 1447
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| KY | Adopted 03/2011 | P-12 | Encourages the state department of education, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky School Boards Association to work with the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentucky, and the American Lung Association to develop a plan to raise awareness among Kentucky public school personnel about the chronic health conditions of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and severe allergies, how to recognize a chronic health condition episode, and the appropriate school responses to chronic health condition episodes. Encourages the Kentucky Department of Education, the department of public health, and the department of medicaid services to examine administrative regulations and agreements to remove barriers to collaboration and ensure consistency in the availability and provision of health services to students with chronic health conditions attending school in the state. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HR187/bill.doc
Title: H.R. 187
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High
School Activities Association, working with the Department of Education, will develop guidelines to inform and educate member schools, coaches, athletes, and the parents or guardians of athletes, of the nature and risk of concussion, including continuing to play after sustaining a concussion.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB149ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 149
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Creates the "Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act". Includes public or private school in the definition of "amateur sports organization", and includes in definition of "agent" a coach, teacher, employee, representative, or volunteer in the organization. Includes in definition of "sporting event" a physical education class, practice or game/competition. Requires an amateur sports organization to (1) adopt and enforce a concussion and head injury policy that includes specified components; (2) ensure that each agent of the amateur sports organization is familiar with the policy; and (3) inform a parent or legal guardian of the policy and obtain the parent's or legal guardian's signature on the policy before permitting a child to participate in a sporting event. Requires immediate removal of a child from a sporting event when the child is suspected of sustaining a concussion or traumatic head injury. Prohibits a child suspected of sustaining a concussion or traumatic head injury from participating in a sporting event of the amateur sports organization until the child receives medical clearance from a qualified health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of a concussion. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0204S01.htm
Title: H.B. 204
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Utah's children. Requires that a copy of this resolution be sent to, among other recipients, the state office of education. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hcr007.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 7
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Extends the public school vision screening from age 7 to age 8. Authorizes the division of services for the blind and visually impaired (in the state office of education) to work with health care professionals, teachers, and vision screeners to develop protocols that parents, teachers or vision screeners may use to help identify a child with conditions not detected in a vision screening, such as problems with eye focusing, eye tracking, visual perceptual skills, visual motor integration and convergence insufficiency. Once these protocols are developed, requires the division to develop language re: the aforementioned vision problems to be included in a notice to parents that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye exam and vision evaluation by an eye doctor. Provides limited immunity to volunteer vision screeners who are trained or supervised by the State Office of Education. Requires the department of health to develop a process to notify a parent or guardian if a child fails the vision screening or needs follow-up care. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0067.pdf
Title: S.B. 67
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Allows licensed nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians, registered nurses or local health department employees, to immunize public school students and to provide proof of such immunizations. Also, provides that a licensed nurse practitioner may provide written certification that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health for purposes of compliance with health requirements for public school students, home-instructed children and children exempted or excused from school attendance.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0125+pdf
Title: H.B. 2291
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model protocol and to assist school districts in developing protocols for addressing risks associated with concussions and other head injuries from school athletics. Requires school districts to adopt protocols to address risks associates with concussions and other head injuries, to include training of coaches and trainers, restrictions on a student's participation in athletics after suffering a concussion or head inqury and provision of related information to students and parents. Chapter 0190
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2011/engross/SF0038.pdf
Title: S.F. 38
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate planning and implementation of effective programs for substance abuse prevention through collection of information identifying trends in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and the assessment of risk and protective factors among youth of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that a student shall not be required to participate if his parents refuse consent in writing prior to administration of the survey, and requires local school boards to develop policies for the notification of parents of students selected for participation in the survey.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1094ER+pdf
Title: S.B. 1094
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov
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