From the ECS State Policy Database Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Organ and Tissue Donation in Health and Science Curriculum Frameworks A.B. 1967 From bill summary: Requires the Instructional Quality Commission and the state board to ensure that the health and science curriculum framew... More... DE Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Teen Dating Violence S.B. 206 Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a policy on responding to Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Assault, including guid... More... VT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Cardiovascular Care Instruction S.B. 245 Requires that all public secondary schools and approved and recognized independent secondary schools provide instruction in cardiopulmonary ... More... TN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Curricular Changes for CPR Training S.B. 1680 Revises statute on CPR education, requiring schools to use hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and training. ... More... TX Adopted 11/2011 P-12 Nutrition Outreach and Education 4 TAC 26.40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55 Renames nutrition outreach and education programs and clarifies eligibility requirements for both programs. One program is now "Expanding th... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Internet Safety Instruction H.B. 251 Adds Internet safety to the list of health education topics which public schools are required to cover. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sectio... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Dating Violence Policy A 2920 Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating viol... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Health Education S.B. 1204 Appropriations--Health Education - Appropriates $10,710,400 for Health Education Programs for fiscal year 2012; limits the number of full-t... More... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Health and Wellness LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with pare... More... OH Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Student Health S.B. 210, Part I Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to: (1) Monitor progress in improving student health and ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Dating Violence Instruction H.B. 46 Requires that each school year the governing authority of each public school shall 10 provide to students in grades seven through twelve enr... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Teen Dating Violence and Abuse Instruction H.B. 467 Provides that comprehensive health education taught in public schools shall include component on teen dating violence and abuse for students... More... NC Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Healthful Living Honors-Level Courses H.B. 901 Directs the state board of education to develop or identify academically rigorous honors level courses in healthful living education that ca... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Curriculum S.B. 1308 AN ACT amending Title 15, chapter 3, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-342.02; amending title 15, chapter 7, article... More... AK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Farm-to-School Program H.B. 70 Establishes the farm-to-school program in the Department of Natural Resources; relates to school gardens, greenhouses and farms. Program wil... More... OH Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Dating Violence Prevention H.B. 19 - Dating Violence Prevention Enacts the Tina Croucher Act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence prevention policy as part of its policy prohibiting hara... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Teen Dating Violence H.B. 973 Allows the Comprehensive Health Education Program in grades 8-12 to include instruction on teen dating violence. http://www.ilga.gov/legisla... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Cancer Prevention S.B. 1665 Requires that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include information about cancer, including types of cancer, signs and symptoms, ri... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Health Literacy H.B. 3041 Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a pilot project for the purpose of assisting federal Head Start program providers locate... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Interagency Farm-to-School Coordination Task Force S.B. 1027 Establishes an interagency farm-to-school coordination task force to promote a healthy diet for schoolchildren and the business of small to ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Nutrition Education S.B. 282 Authorizes the department of agriculture to develop an outreach program to promote better health and nutrition programs and prevent obesity ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curriculum S.B. 2621 Requires that the physical education and health curriculums in schools be based on standards set by the Health Education Framework and the P... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 School Health Coordinators Pilot Program H.B. 3395 Directs the State Department of Education to contract with a statewide school health program to establish a School Health Coordinators Pilot... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Local Farms-Healthy Kids Act S.B. 6483 The bill creates the farm-to-school program within the department of agriculture to facilitate increased procurement of Washington grown foo... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education Coordinator S.B. 362 Directs the state department of education to hire a health and physical education coordinator not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human Growth and Development Curriculum H.F. 611 Defines "age-appropriate" and "research-based." Directs the department of education to develop age-appropriate and research-based materials ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Parental Notification/Consent Clinical Health Care Class H.B. 371 Requires specific parental notification and consent before public education students who are minors may participate in the clinical experien... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act S.B. 2455 Deletes provision that requires all sex education courses to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act ... More... NJ Adopted 06/2005 P-12 Model School Nutrition Policy Nutrition Rule, Department of Agriculture State Board of Agriculture has approved Agriculture Department's amended Nutrition Rule. Will be phased in. By September 1, 2006, districts ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Instruction on Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 1297 Requires all public schools to incorporate instruction on skin cancer prevention into the existing curriculum in the common school grades if... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Comprehensive Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention A.B. 1925 Requires, if instruction in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention will be taught by outside consultants, or if that ... More... MI To governor 06/2004 P-12 Sex Education Instruction S.B. 943 Revises requirements for instruction in sex education; requires teaching abstinence relative to HIV/AIDS issues; requires emphasis on marria... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Education: Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention S.B. 71 Establishes the Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act. Authorizes school districts to provide comprehensive sexu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Health Education A.B. 195 Specifies pupils may receive instruction relating to the components of preventative health. The instruction on nutrition may include related... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Nutrition S.C.R. 49 Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Oral Health Instruction into Public School S.B. 811 Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Child Health Advisory Committee H.B. 1583 Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy reco... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Nutrition Education Curriculum A.B. 1634 Requires the Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum framework at its next ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Enrichment Programs, Nutrition Education A.B. 2024 Relates to existing law which provides incentives for schools and communities to partner together to establish after school enrichment progr... More... TN Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Food Offerings H.J.R. 646 Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar program... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Information on school meals S.B. 19 Authorizes every public school to post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations and the school district policies. R... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Recess In Schools S.R. 252 Act No. 33., Relates to obesity in children; creates the Joint Study Committee on Physical Activity (recess) in Schools.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 School Food Service Programs S.B. 1514 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene an advisory task force to explore ways to inform parents about the healthfulnes... More... TN Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Coordinated Health Program H.B. 674 Provides for coordinated school health program; requires program to include, but not be limited to, school nurses, health education, school ... More...