From the ECS State Policy Database Health

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 08/2012 P-12 Training on Signs and Symptoms of Concussions A.B. 1451 Amends provisions regarding the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program; provides that "training" include a basic und... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Making Immunization Data Publicly Available H.B. 5013 Requires district and registered nonpublic school to make publicly available by December 1 of each year the immunization data they are requi... More... HI Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Concussions H.B. 2273 Directs the department of education and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion educational program that include... More... MO Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 CPR Instruction S.B. 599-CPR Public and charter schools serving grades nine through twelve may provide their students instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Stude... More... RI Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Adminstering Ephinephrine H.B. 7447 Allows students to carry auto-injectable epinephrine and adds bus drivers and monitors as adults who may administer epinephrine under certai... More... IL Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Instruction in CPR and Using an AED H.B. 5114 Existing policy permits districts to provide safety education instruction in all grades. Provides that the definition of "safety education" ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings S.B. 316 - Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings Makes participation in the body mass index and weight screenings program for kindergartners and students in grades 3, 5, and 9 optional, and... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 CPR Certification H.B. 1901 - Section 1439 This new section requires each school or location to have one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation during regular school hours ... More... HI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Statewide School Health Services Program H.B. 2513 Authorizes the department of education to establish a statewide school health services program. Provides the department flexibility in admin... More... NH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Concussion Management S.B. 402 Requires school districts to develop policies for the management of concussion and head injury in student sports and limits a school distric... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Care of Students with Diabetes S.B. 759 Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that a diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted by each student with diabetes ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Administration of Auto-Injectable Epinephrine S.B. 119 Requires the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse or trained scho... More... LA Passed 06/2012 P-12 Study on Compliance re: Vending Machine and Physical Activity Policies S.R. 146 Request that the Louisiana Department of Education and state board conduct a survey or study to determine school compliance with the state l... More... PA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Postsec. Standards for Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death in Student Athletes H.B. 1610 Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to post on their websites guidelines and materials to inform and education... More... RI Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Administering Epinephrine S.B. 2173 Allows bus drivers and monitors to administer epinephrine under certain circumstances. Requires training. Allows for student possession of e... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Student Health Data S.B. 318 - Student Health Data From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that of appropriation to the School Nurses Program, $250,000 is appropriated for the collection and ... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Coordinated School Health Pilot Program S.B. 2752 Authorizes the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health to establish a school health pilot program based upon approp... More... ME Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Model Policy Regarding Management of Head Injuries in School Activities and Athletics S.P. 654 The bill directs the Commissioner of Education to propose a model policy for public schools and private schools enrolling more than 60% of t... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Coordinated School Health Program H.B. 1088 Etablishes a targeted coordinated school health program for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and a related grant program. The progr... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Physical Exercise Requirement for Grades K-5 S.B. 458 (Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergart... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Concussions H.B. 308 Requires each local board of education to develop guidelines and other pertinent information regarding medical evaluation of concussions or ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Immunization S.J.R. 552 Urges support for access to immunization through school-based vaccination programs. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SJR0552.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Student Health Reporting H.B. 9 Removes the expectation of county superintendents to report on matters relating to students growth, health, and well-being. Requires the Sta... More... AR Adopted 04/2012 P-12 Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards AR ADC 005.15.15-1.0 to AR ADC 005.15.15-12.0 Amends rules governing nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols in Arkansas public schools... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Concussions and Head Injuries H.B. 291 Requires independent sanctioning authorities for youth athletic teams and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to (1) adopt ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Possession and Administration of Epinephrine H.B. 1107/S.B. 656 Requires local school boards to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every school. The schoo... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Care of Students with Diabetes H.B. 879 Provides legislative findings and definitions, including "diabetes medical management plan" and "trained diabetes personnel". Directs the de... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Student Concussions and Medical Exams H.B. 281 Requires coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries. Requires the state board or its agency to d... More... AL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Voluntary Influenza Vaccination Program S.J.R. 11 Directs the department of education, in consultation with the Alabama Department of Public Health, to strongly encourage all public K-12 sch... More... NE Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Testing for lead levels (lead poisoning) prior to school enrollment L.B. 1038 Requires the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a lead poisoning prevention program. Requ... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Dual Enrollment--Vaccination Requirements H.B. 2229 Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enro... More... TN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 AIDS-related Curricula H.B. 2414 Requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on AIDS curricula. Directs departmen... More... TN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 First Aid & Concussions H.J.R. 23 Urges coaches of youth sports teams to take classes in first aid relative to the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussions. htt... 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... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Public Schools; Immunization Requirements H.B. 1089 Allows a 180-day conditional enrollment period for students who need more than two doses of the required hepatitis B vaccine, to allow for p... More... WA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Expanding Types of Medications Employees Can Administer H.B. 2247 Expands the types of medications that a public or private school employee may administer to include topical medication, eye drops, and ear ... More... GA Adopted 02/2012 P-12 CPR Classes and Automated External Defibrillators in Public Schools S.R. 590 Urges the Georgia Department of Education to implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes and the implementation of automated exter... More... OR Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Student Health - Lead Poisoning H.B. 4015 Requires that the Oregon Health Authority develop and maintain a lead poisoning prevention clearinghouse on its website for public and priva... More... VT Signed into law 01/2012 P-12 Safe Cleaning Products in Schools S.B. 92 Proposes to protect the health of students, custodial staff, and other building occupants by requiring the use in schools of safe cleaning p... More... AL Issued 12/2011 P-12 HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force Executive Order 26 Establishes the HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force. Includes the state superintendent of education or designee among the membership. Charges the... More... PA Signed into law 11/2011 P-12 Safety in Youth Sports Act S.B. 200 Establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes. Requires the Departments of Education and ... More... AR Adopted Regulations 10/2011 P-12 Hearing Services Provider Manual 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 Revises the Hearing Services provider policy manual to allow school districts and education service cooperatives (ESCs) to perform certain a... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Training Nonmedical School Employees to Provide Emergency Assistance to Students Suffering Seizures S.B. 161 From bill summary: Until January 1, 2017, authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to participate in a pr... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Concussions A.B. 25 From bill summary: Requires a school district that elects to offer athletic programs to immediately remove from a school-sponsored athletic ... More... CA Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey S.C.R. 18 From bill summary: States legislative intent to pursue every means necessary to ensure that the California School Climate, Health, and Learn... More... NY Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Bedbug Infestation Notifications A.B. 7259 Amends provisions related to notifications of bedbug infestations in New York City public schools. Adds guardians of potentially affected st... More... IL Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Concussions H.B. 200 Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, polic... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Conditional School Attendance in Absence of Pertussis Boosters S.B. 614 Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in gr... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Data Collection Requirements/Charter Schools S.B. 1039 State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax ex... More... RI Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Concussions H.B. 5440 and S.B. 0291 A Adds an annual refresher course to the initial course requirement for coaches and volunteers, and encourages districts to have school nurse... More... MO Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Concussions H.B. 300 Establishes the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires school boards to work with the Missouri State High School Acti... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Health H.B. 153 - Health Repeals requirement that the healthy choices for healthy children council assist the department of health in developing a list of resources ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute access... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Concussions by Student Athletes S.B. 189 Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sus... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 National School Breakfast Program S.B. 415 Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade lev... More... IL Adopted 06/2011 P-12 Recess in Schools Task Force H.J.R. 4 Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislatio... More... LA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Comprehensive Sports Injury Management Program H.B. 364 Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Food Allergies H.B. 742 Defines "severe food allergy". Requires that a district request, upon a student's enrollment, parental disclosure of a food allergy or sever... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Guidelines for the Care of Students with a Diagnosed Food Allergy at Risk for Anaphylaxis S.B. 27 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Reporting Student Performance on Physical Fitness Assessment S.B. 226 Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http:... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Membership of Local School Health Advisory Council S.B. 736 Authorizes a local board of trustees to appoint a representative of local domestic violence programs to the local school health advisory cou... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act H.B. 792 Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide: 1. Tha... More... AL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Concussions H.B. 108 Requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information to inform paren... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Authorizes School Districts To Restrict Smoking on District Property S.B. 1430 Provides an exception to the state's preemption of smoking regulation to authorize district school boards to restrict smoking by persons on ... More... AK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Concussions H.B. 15 Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Concussions A.B. 455 Requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies concerning th... More... TX Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Vaccination Against Bacterial Meningitis S.B. 1107 Relates to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher edu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 9 Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary a... More... ND Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Health Curriculum Component on Sexual Health H.B. 1229 Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is r... More... MD Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Requires Policies and Programs on the Risk of Concussions and Head Injuries H.B. 858 Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to prov... More... IN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Concussions S.B. 93 Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to sc... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Administering Auto-Injectable Epinephrine H.B. 227 Permits a school to receive and store auto-injectable epinephrine on behalf of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication i... More... TN Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Defibrillators H.B. 1633 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 ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Concussions S.B. 100 - Sec. 39 This section defines and establishes the importance of avoiding and treating student concussions. Requires the development of statewide guid... More... NE Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Blood Lead Testing L.B. 204 Requires each student entering kindergarten on and after July 1, 2011, to have undergone blood lead testing after the age of eighteen month... More... MD Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Concussions and Head Injury Awareness S.B. 771 Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Concussions S.B. 1521 Requires school district governing boards to implement policies and procedures regarding concussions and head injuries of students participa... More... CO Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Physical Education/Activity Requirements H.B. 1069 Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. S... More... IA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Protecting Against Concussions and Brain Injuries S.F. 367 Concerned with protecting students from concussions and other brain injuries. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF3... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Athletic Trainers H.B. 1743 Requires districts to develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that includes recognition and management... More... MS Vetoed 04/2011 P-12 Influenza Vaccination Program H.B. 868 Authorizes the state department of health to apply for federal grants and to provide an influenza vaccination school program for school-age ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Concussions S.B. 2281 Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requ... More... AR To Governor 03/2011 P-12 Administration of Glucagon H.B. 1447 Provides that a licensed nurse employed by a school district or other healthcare professional shall annually train volunteer school personne... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Student Sports Concussions H.B. 204 Creates the "Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act". Includes public or private school in the definition of "amateur sports organiza... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Public School Vision Screening S.B. 67 Extends the public school vision screening from age 7 to age 8. Authorizes the division of services for the blind and visually impaired (in ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Support for Increased Participation in Outdoor Activities H.C.R. 7 Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Uta... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Health Requirements for Students H.B. 2291 Allows licensed nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians, registered nurses or local health department employees, to immunize public s... More... SD Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Concussions S.B. 149 Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High Sc... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Athletics Safety S.F. 38 Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model protocol and to assist school districts in developing protocols f... More... KY Adopted 03/2011 P-12 Students with Chronic Health Conditions H.R. 187 Encourages the state department of education, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky School Boa... More... VA Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Youth Health Risk Survey S.B. 1094 Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate plan... More... IL Signed into law 12/2010 P-12 Care of Students with Diabetes H.B. 6065 Creates the Care of Students with Diabetes Act. Requires that a diabetes care plan serve as the basis of a student's Section 504 plan, and t... More... IL Adopted 12/2010 P-12 Recess in Schools Task Force S.J.R. 80 Creates a Recess in Schools Task Force. Charges the task force with examining the barriers facing schools in providing daily recess to every... More... IL Adopted 11/2010 P-12 Influenza Mass Vaccinations H.R. 1165 States the House of Representatives' support for school-based influenza mass vaccination collaborations among local health departments and e... More... PA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 P-12 Use of Asthma Inhalers and Epinephrine Auto-Injectors H.B. 101- Section 1414.1 Provides for the possession and use of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors by students within school entities. Requires each school entity to amend i... More... PA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 P-12 Local Wellness Policies & Duties of the State Department H.B. 101- Sections 1422.1, 1422,3 Requires that local policies include food allergy. Also requires the department to provide certain notifications to schools and to colaborat... More... NY Vetoed 10/2010 P-12 Outdoor Playspace in NYC Public Schools S.B. 2485 -Requires the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to make an annual report to the governor and legislature on outdoor pl... More... ME Issued 10/2010 P-12 School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Clinics E.O. 05 FY 11/12 Directs the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency to coordinate with the department of health and human services, Maine Center f... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Community College Authority of Physician's Assistant S.B. 1069 From bill analysis: Authorizes a physician's assistant to: (1) Certify that teacher certification or renewal candidates are free from any c... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Integrated Pest Management S.B. 1157 From bill summary: Beginning January 1, 2014, requires all schoolsites to adopt an integrated pest management program as established, admini... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Notifications of Bedbug Infestations at School A.B. 5434 Applicable only to New York City: Requires public school principals to immediately notify parents of any bedbug infestations found in a scho... More... CA Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Student Immunizations A.B. 1937 Permits specified health care professionals acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer immunizations to... More... IL Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Students with Asthma H.B. 5836 Clarifies provisions related to student self-administration of asthma medication or student use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides th... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Child Care/Day Care Facilities and CPR A.B. 7923 Requires at least one employee at a child day care facility or family day care home to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscita... More... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Physical Education and Physical Activity L.B. 18-564 - Physical Education and Physical Activity Provides that one of the purposes of the newly-established Healthy Schools Fund is to make competitive grants available to public schools an... 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... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Healthy Youth and Schools Commission L.B. 18-564 - Healthy Youth and Schools Commission Establishes the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission to advise the mayor and the council on health, wellness and nutritional issues concerni... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices Database S.B. 3706 Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the resul... 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... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Lyme Disease H.B. 7418A, S.B. 2265B Directs the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with the department of health, to make Lyme disease awareness... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School and Youth Programs Concussion act H.B. 7036, S.B. 2034 Requires the department of education and the department of health to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to inform coaches, yo... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Guidelines for Educating Coaches and Players About Concussions H.B. 7036 This act would require school districts to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to develop guidelines for educating coaches and... 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... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 1876 Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enab... More... FL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements S.B. 166 Allows a student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis may carr... More... SC Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Dental Health Education, Screening, and Treatment Referral S.B. 286 Directs the department of health and environmental control to implement a targeted community program for dental health education, screening,... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Diabetes Control Grant Program S.B. 435 Enacts the Diabetes and Health Improvement Act of 2010. Establishes the Diabetes Control Grant Program. Provides for an advisory committee. ... More... NH Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Air Quality in Schools H.B. 1265 Requires the school board of each school district to develop and implement a policy to address air quality in schools. http://www.gencourt.s... More... MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Healthy Kids Awards Program S.B. 2908 Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities f... More... NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Prohibition on Outdoor Application of Certain Pesticides S.B. 4983 Prohibits the use of certain pesticides, characterized by various toxic properties, for day care center and school outdoor applications. htt... More... OK Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Guidelines for Concussions and Head Injuries S.B. 1700 Directs school district boards to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches, youth athletes... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Student Athletes - Concussions and Head Injuries S.B. 456 Requires coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics to complete annual training regarding the recognition of and dangers associated... More... WI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Health-Related School Closures S.B. 379 Requires a school board, within 24 hours of a school being closed by a local health officer or DHS, or by a school district administrator be... More... FL Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Diabetes Management H.B. 747 Prohibits a school district from restricting the assignment of a student who has diabetes to a particular school on the basis that the stude... More... WI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Instruction in Resuscitation A.B. 725 Requires offering of approved instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated extern... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Student Health H.B. 2080 Expands the types of health professionals who may certify a pupil has a chronic health problem. Adds physician assistants, nurse practitione... More... CA Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Healthy School Environments A.C.R. 145 Encourages schools and districts to take proactive and preventative steps to create healthy school environments, including training staff on... More... TN Signed by Governor 04/2010 P-12 Annual Advisory on MRSA Infections S.B. 3828 Enacts the "Kristen K. Hunter Infection Control Act," which will require the department of health to issue an annual advisory to the departm... More... NH Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 School Air Quality H.B. 1289 This bill requires annual investigation of air quality in public schools. This bill also requires the department of education to implement t... More... TN Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Automated Defibrillator Devices (AEDs) S.B. 2505 Requires all K-12 public schools to have automated defibrillator devices (AEDs) on-site. Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to recei... More... NY Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Influenza Education and Immunizations A.B. 775 Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age who are in school with educa... More... OK Signed into law 04/2010 Postsec. Ability to Designate Higher Education Institutions as Tobacco Free H.B. 2748 Authorizes institutions within the State System of Higher Education to be designated as tobacco free; provides for adoption of a policy by t... More... NE Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Health Screenings L.B. 713 Requires the department to determine which screenings should be performed and establishes a method for gathering student health data for sch... More... OR Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Vision Screening H.B. 3626A Directs Department of Education to establish pilot program for purpose of providing comprehensive vision screenings to students; sunsets Jun... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Free Vision Screenings S.B. 144 Amends provisions related to vision screening in schools. Amends provisions to further clarify that free vision screening in schools is for ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Electronic Cigarettes on School Property H.B. 88 Provides the state board of education may, and local boards and charter schools must adopt rules prohibiting the use, possession or distribu... More... MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Healthier Schools Initiative H.B. 1078 Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools In... More... WI Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. School Nurses, Medication Administration S.B. 414 Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes a... More... MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Comprehensive Food Service Training H.B. 1079 Requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Vaccination Plans H.B. 270 Requires the Department of Health develop, with input from the localities, a plan for the prompt vaccination of all children who attend a pu... More... WI Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Human Growth and Development Instruction A.B. 458 The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupil... More... IL Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Postsec. Automated External Defibrillators S.B. 1371 Differentiates between an indoor and outdoor "physical fitness facility" owned or operated by a public or private elementary or secondary sc... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2010 Postsec. Community College Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education S.B. 2491 Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education. Defines membership and duties of task force. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2... More... WI Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Protects Health Care Volunteers from Liability S.B. 80 Relates to liability of volunteer health care providers providing services for a nonprofit agency, a school board or governing body; include... More... NV Rule Adoption 10/2009 P-12 HEALTH COURSES NAC 389.2423, .2944, .281, .381, .455 Revises and repeals provisions governing courses of instruction for health. www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl... More... TX Adopted 10/2009 P-12 Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections 25 TAC 1.97.A.97.7 Amends rules concerning the control of communicable diseases requiring exclusion from schools. Deletes the references to child-care faciliti... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Cleaning of Wrestling Equipment S.B. 212 Authorizes the governing board of each school district maintaining a high school to provide for the annual cleaning and sterilization of wre... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Information about Meningococcal Disease S.B. 249 Requires the department of public health to develop information about meningococcal disease, including information pertaining to children be... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Nutrition and Physical Activity Pilot Program A.B. 627 Provides legislative findings and declarations on nutrition and health in children's early years. Requires the superintendent of public inst... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Health Emergencies, Certification Requirements H.B. 2675 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 MRSA Prevention in Residential Schools and Juvenile Corrections Centers H.B. 185 Creates the MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act to to improve the prevention of infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococc... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Application of Lawn Care Products S.B. 1769 Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Cont... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Life-Threatening Food Allergies H.B. 281 Requires the state board of education, in conjunction with the department of public health, to develop and make available to each school boa... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Obesity Prevention Initiative Act H.B. 3767 Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to organize at least three hearings on the health an... More... NC Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 School Diabetes Care Plans S.B. 738 Requires boards of directors of charter schools to implement the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education for the development and ... More... CA Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Dentistry in the Schools A.B. 667 From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires that pupils of public and private schools, be offered the opportunity to receive, w... 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... OH Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Integrated Pest Management OAC 901:5-11-14, -15 Creates new rules relating to integrated pest management standard and pesticide use in schools. Integrated Pest Management Standard: http:/... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Policies to Protect Students with Food Allergies H.B. 1 - Section 3313.719 Creates new section 3313.719. Directs school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt written pol... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Administration of Prescription Drugs to Students H.B. 1 - Section 3313.713 Effective July 1, 2011, permits only district employees who are licensed health professionals, or who have completed a drug administration t... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Health and Safety Inspections H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and ch... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Governor's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness, Wellness and Sports H.B. 1 - Sections 3701.77, 3701.771 and 3701.772 Repeals 3701.77, which established in the department of health the 15-member governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and s... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Environmentally-Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products H.B. 1538 Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. D... More... NC Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Reproductive Health and Safety Education H.B. 88 Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Fitness Assessments S.B. 309 Provides for physical fitness assessments in schools. It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to ass... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Bacterial Meningitis and Postsecondary Compliance Programs H.B. 4189 Creates new Section 51.9192. Applies to first-time students enrolling in public, private and independent institutions of higher education on... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Web Site on Special Health Needs H.B. 1322 Directs the state education agency to establish a Web site for teachers of students with special health needs. Requires the Web site to incl... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Coordinated School Health Program S.B. 892 Requires the campus improvement plan of an an elementary, middle or junior high school to set goals and objectives for a coordinated health ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Student Concussions S.B. 348 Requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training on how to recognize symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper med... More... NH Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Repeal of Health School Health Committee H.B. 527 Repeals the coordinated school health committee and requires a report to be submitted detailing the state's efforts in providing health educ... More... TX Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Integrated Pest Management in Schools 4 TAC 1.7.7.150, .153 §7.150 is repealed and adopted with new language. Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an integrated pest m... More... ME Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Phys. Ed. and Health in Elementary Schools H.B. 983 Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct an assessment of the physical education capacities of elementary schools and to report to ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Automatic External Defibrillators in Schools S.B. 981 Concerns the availability of automatic external defibrillators in Schools; saves lives by requiring that: (1) There be an automatic external... More... MO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Student Health H.B. 922 Requires school districts to adopt policies on allergy prevention and response, with priority given to addressing potentially deadly food-bo... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Waivers for Makeup Days S.B. 899 Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school y... More... NH Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Commission on HIV S.B. 45 Extends by one year the reporting date for the commission to review New Hampshire's statutes on HIV education, prevention, and control. http... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Automated External Defibrillator S.B. 306 Requires that an automated external defibrillator be placed in each public K-12 school in the state. Requires at one employee at each school... More... NE Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Booster Immunizations for 7th graders L.B. 464 Amends section 79-217 to require every student entering 7th grade on or after July 1, 2010 to have a booster immunization containing diphthe... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Student Weight A.B. 191 Extends the prospective expiration of the requirement that each school conduct examinations of the height and weight of a representative sam... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Adolescent Health H.C.R. 88 Directs the department of state health Services and the state education agency and all other state agencies that provide information, servic... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Instructions for Schools Offering CPR Instruction S.B. 567 Requires school districts that offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automatic external defibrillator instruction to use instruction develo... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Public Health Emergencies A.B. 112 Establishes provisions relating to public health emergencies; requires the Governor to determine whether a public health emergency or other ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Psychotropic Drug Policy Reviews S.B. 1925 As introduced, instructs the state board of education to review district policies on school personnel recommending psychotropic drugs such a... More... IN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Immunizations S.B. 219 Includes a physician's designee and a pharmacist's designee as persons who may provide immunization data to the immunization data registry; ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Information about Meningitis H.B. 300 Requires local school systems to provide information to parents of students in grades 6-12 on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vacci... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Outreach Regarding Availability of Insurance H.B. 1400 - Health Insurance Requires the superintendent of public instruction and the department of human services to jointly develop a system under which families of c... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Immunizations S.J.R. 85 Urges department of health to enhance current immunization activities to focus on vaccination of all children ages six months through 18 yea... More... TN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement H.B. 2270 Makes all schools, instead of just high schools, eligible for grants from the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvemen... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Student Health and Physical Education Act H.B. 229 Enacts the Student Health and Physical Education Act. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, requires local school systems to conduct an annu... More... IN Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Air Quality S.B. 440 Requires the State Department of Health to adopt rules concerning indoor air quality in schools and state agencies; provides that after the ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Auto-Injectible Epinephrine S.B. 8 Authorizes students to possess and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine. Requires local board policies to include provis... More... OK Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Safe Routes to School Program S.B. 399 Requires the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to establish and implement the Safe Routes to Schools program, a federally-funded program... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Physical Fitness Measurement Program S.B. 879 Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program ele... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Health H.B. 1322 Repeals the program for scoliosis screening in schools. Chapter 41 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Wellness Policy H.B. 1264; S.B. 879 Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student d... More... KS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Administration of Medication H.B. 2008 Concerns the School Medication Aide Act; relates to epinephrine kits, responsibility for maintenance by the Board of Pharmacy, and persons a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College The Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009 H.B. 2007 Enacts the Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009; prohibits smoking on state-supported institutions of higher education campuses to protect studen... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Sports Safety H.B. 383 Requires the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, with assistance from the department of education, to staff and coordinate a study o... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation H.B. 2456 Changes the name of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation to the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and allows for moneys from the V... More... CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Finance and Facilities A.B. 4A Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for... More... KY Issued 12/2008 P-12 Commission on Philanthropy E.O. 2008-1273 Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Pro... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008 P-12 Prevalent Student Chronic Health Conditions S.B. 2685 Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires teachers' institutes to include instruction on prevalent student chronic health condition... More... WA Adopted 08/2008 P-12 SEX EDUCATION WAC 392-410-140 Amends rules relating to sex education. Provides definition and requirements for providing sex education. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on Children and Youth H.B. 4456 Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Health Exams for Students Entering Grade 6 H.B. 5717 Provides that any child who received a health examination within one year prior to entering the fifth grade for a certain school year is not... More... CA Signed by Governor 07/2008 P-12 Environmental impact A.B. 2720 Makes technical changes to the California Environmental Quality Act that prohibits an environmental impact report for any project involving ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Standards-Based PE and Health Curricula H.B. 7280 Requires that the physical education and health curricula in schools be based on standards set by the state Health Education Framework and t... More... LA Issued 07/2008 P-12 Abstinence Education Executive Order 22 (Executive Order No. BJ 08-21) Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Governor's Program on Abstinence to promote abstinence... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Community College Student Immunization Reports H.B. 187 Requires all public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the dep... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. School Indoor Air Quality H.B. 1171 Establishes a commission to study air quality issues in public school buildings; provides for membership and compensation and a report; prov... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Health Curriculum S.B. 359 Updates the health education curriculum requirements to include instruction on the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human im... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Posting of Student Allergy to Peanut S.B. 2130 Requires boards to require schools to post a notice in a conspicuous place advising if there is a student in the school that has an allergy ... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Safe Environments for Students with Food Allergies H.B. 7463 Directs public schools to develop a policy to provide a safe environment for students with peanut, tree nut, or other food allergies; provid... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Vaccinations H.B. 178 Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires students to provide evidence of vaccination against meningococcal disease as a condition ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors H.B. 416 Enables the Governor to assure terms of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors are staggered by appoint... More... DE Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Eligibility for Free or Reduced Health Insurance H.B. 286 Requires local school districts, vocational or technical school districts, and the Department of Health and Social Services to take advantag... More... FL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 School Breakfast Programs H.B. 623 Requires expansion of the school district breakfast programs to middle and high schools; sets prices for school meals and for provision of t... More... SC Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Debrillators in High Schools H.B. 3723 Requires each school district to develop and implement an external defibrillator program for each high school which requires that such a def... More... LA Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 P-12 Information on Human Papillomavirus H.B. 359 Requires school boards to provide information on human papillomavirus and immunization against it to the parents of students in grades 6-12.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Immunization against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases H.B. 581 Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires each person entering the sixth grade in any school in the state to present evidence of im... More... 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... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Immunization Compliance Reports H.B. 184 Requires the chief administrators of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprie... More... IL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Heartsaver AED Fund H.B. 1058 Makes nonpublic schools eligible for matching grants from the department of public health's Heartsaver AED Fund to help purchase Automated E... More... VT Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Self-Medication H.B. 748 Permits students with life-threatening food allergies or other life-threatening chronic illnesses to possess and self-administer life-saving... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 Postsec. Community College TB Screening for Higher Education Students S.B. 44 Concerns tuberculosis screening for higher education students; allows each college and university in the state to create a tuberculosis scre... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Self-Administration of Medication H.B. 2239 Requires local boards to adopt a policy that permits the self administration of inhaled asthma medication by a student for treatment of asth... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Defibrillators in Schools H.B. 1031 Requires each public high school with an interscholastic athletics program to have at least one functioning automated external defibrillator... More... MD Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System S.B. 473 Requires the State Department of Education to require local school systems to utilize passive parental consent before administering the Yout... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act S.B. 1612 Creates the Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act to Reduce Childhood Obesity and Improve Academic Performance; directs the State Department... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 1186 Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the Board must require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to... More... TN Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Defibrillators in Schools H.B. 2775 Encourages LEAs to place automatic external defibrillators in schools; placement of such devices shall be within LEA's existing fiscal resou... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Health Services in a Family Resource or Youth Services Center H.B. 640 As funding becomes available, authorizes a supplemental grant program to fund the employment of a licensed physician or nurse to provide hea... More... NY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Choking Risk in Children A.B. 9471 Requires the department of health to establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may pose a significant choking risk in... More... IA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Eye Examinations S.F. 2251 Relates to student eye care; requires certification of the performance of an eye examination, and submission of the results of such examinat... More... CO Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Wellness Policies H.B. 1224 Encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Funding for School-Based Health Clinics L.B. 469 Allows funding from the Health Care Cash Fund to be used for school-based health clinics (formerly prohibited). http://uniweb.legislature.n... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Dental Screenings H.B. 186 Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires a screening by a dentist, physician or registered nurse and a student dental health certi... More... OK Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Defibrillators S.B. 923 Mandates that automated external defibrillators be made available in schools if funding is available; authorizes such defibrillators availab... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Diabetic students S.B. 1229 Relates to policies and procedures adopted by a school district or charter school for diabetes management and administration of glucagon to ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Task Force on Student Physical Fitness S.B. 955 Establishes a Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in State Public Schools; provides that the task force shall study the advisability of r... More... NY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Administration of Nebulizers S.B. 6641 Requires a school nurse or physician to administer nebulizers in accordance with a student's patient specific order. http://assembly.state.n... More... WA Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Student Health Insurance Outreach Pilot Project S.B. 5100 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to solicit six pilot districts to implement a project to inquire whther students attending... More... IA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Dental and Lead Screenings S.B. 2111 Requires local boards to annually submit evidence by June 30 that students attending schools in their jurisdictions (public or private) have... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Mental Health Awareness S.B. 640 Adds mental health education and awareness to the list of topics that shall be covered in family life education curricula. http://leg1.state... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injector H.B. 101 Provides that a school, school board, or school official may not prohibit or dissuade a teacher or other school employee from possessing, st... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 High School Health Ed. Curriculum H.B. 4124 Adds education concerning CPR and first aid to the health education curriculum to students in grades six to 12. http://www.legis.state.wv.us... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Administration of Prescription Medication S.B. 271 Relates to administration of prescription drugs; allows a person employed in a school for students with disabilities to administer prescript... More... TN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Hearing Exams S.B. 2583 Present law allows a local education agency (LEA) to use revenues from gifts, grants, and state and local appropriations to provide an eye e... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Physical Fitness H.B. 242 Requires local school boards to incorporate into their local wellness policy as a goal a minimum of an average of 150 minutes of physical fi... More... AK Adopted 02/2008 P-12 IMMUNIZATIONS REQUIRED 4 AAC 06.055 Adds one new immunization and expands the age-range for another immunization required for entry into a state public school. Updates the name... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 School Nurses S.B. 2905 Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School Health Forms LAC 28:CXV.1145 Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 H.B. 413 Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine hygienic procedures pertaining to school band instruments to prevent ... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Hygenic Procedures Pertaining to Instruments H.B. 413 Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine specified hygienic procedures pertaining to band instruments to preve... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Health S.B. 624 Relates to the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act that prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco... More... IA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 School Nurse, School Guidance Counselor IAC 281-12.2(256), 12.3(11), 12.4(12) Requires that each school district have a school nurse and a qualified (i.e., licensed by the Board of Education Examiners) guidance counsel... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 Eye Examinations S.B. 641 In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the f... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 student health S.B. 533 Relates to vaccinations. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood diseases for which the Legislature intends the eventual achievement of t... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 PE Standards H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physic... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Diagnostic Screenings Title 8 NYCRR Part 117 Amends regulations regarding diagnostic screenings of students who are new entrants to school or who have low test scores on the statewide t... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Blood Lead Test H.F. 158 Requires children to receive a blood lead test by age six or prior to enrollment in an elementary school. Strongly encourages parents to hav... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Nebulizers in Schools S.B. 6074 Requires every school district and board of cooperative educational services to provide and maintain a nebulizer on-site in every public and... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Idling of School Bus Engines S.B. 5973 Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts with a significant number of children with asthm... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Health Data Task Force S.B. 547 Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superi... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act A.B. 4051 Enacts Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act. Directs the commissioner to establish an anaphylactic policy for school districts for th... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Green Cleaning Schools Act H.B. 895 Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interest... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Training in CPR and Using a Defibrillator H.B. 258 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation,... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Integrated Pest Management H.B. 425 Relates to Integrated Pest Management Programs. Provides that required notification that such program is not economically feasible must be g... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Virus Prevention Campaign S.B. 2286 Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians; es... More... IL Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Smoking Ban in Schools and Dormitories S.B. 500 Creates the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Prohibits smoking in schools and student dormitories of both public and private postsecondary instituti... More... NY Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Dental Health Certificates S.B. 1239 Provides a dental health certificate must be requested when a student enrolls in a school, or at any time local school authorities feel such... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Self-Administration of Medication S.B. 1040 Requires that school district boards adopt policies and procedures relating to self-administration of medication by students with asthma or ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Tobacco Free Schools S.B. 1086 Requires local boards to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products by any person in public school buildings and school ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reduction in Diesel Emissions H.B. 2172 Requires the Environmental Quality Commission to establish a goal to reduce excess lifetime risk of cancer due to exposure to diesel engine ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Pesticide Applications S.B. 560 Protects children from exposure to lawn care pesticides by prohibiting the application of such at schools and day care centers; requires a c... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Peanut Allergies: Safety Issues H.B. 5671 Requires schools to post a notice in a conspicuous place advising if there is a student in the school that has an allergy to peanuts; prohib... More... TN Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Eye Examinations S.B. 152 If the parent or guardian of a child with a need for an eye examination is unable to afford such an examination, an LEA of a county or munic... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Pilot Program: Physical Exercise, Weight Control H.B. 5900 Establishes a pilot program to develop curriculum in communities of several cities and towns to encourage physical exercise and promote heal... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Steroids, Performance-Enhancing Substances S.B. 517 Prohibits school district employees, contractors and volunteers from selling, marketing, distributing, endorsing or suggesting steroid or pe... More... RI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Healthier Beverages, Snacks H.B. 5050 Requires all senior high schools that sell or distribute beverages and snacks on their premises, including those sold through vending machin... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby H.B. 485 Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including informa... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Providing Health Care to Students H.J.R. 200 Directs the Education Oversight Committee to hold hearings on the demands placed upon public schools in providing health care to students. ... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 External Defibrillator Advisory Commission H.B. 911 Establishes an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. It is the legislature's intent to encourage all schools to obtain and m... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Task Force on School Nurses H.B. 2773 Creates a Task Force on School Nurses to study the availability of nursing services in schools and the feasibility of expanding existing ser... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Coordinated Health Program H.B. 3618 From bill analysis: Student populations along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from high rates of Type 2 diabetes and are at an increased risk... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Physical Examinations A.B. 354 Requires a physical examination before the completion of the first year of enrollment in elementary school. Requires examinations of height ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Immunization Information System A.B. 410 Existing law requires the immunization of children in public schools, private schools and child care facilities in certain circumstances. Re... More... NC Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Provision of HPV, Other Information S.B. 260 Ensures that educational materials are provided so that schools provide information to parents and guardians concerning cervical cancer, cer... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Health and Safety H.B. 337 Requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. Encour... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Notice of Immunizations Needed; Translation Requirement H.B. 1059 Sec. 38.019. IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS PROGRAM. Requires the Department of State Health Services to prepare a list of the immunizations require... More... IA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Dental Screenings H.F. 906 Requires children to have a dental screening as a condition of enrollment in elementary or high school; provides for exceptions. http://cool... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 P-12 HPV Immunization H.B. 1098 Prohibits requiring immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition for admission to any elementary or secondary school. All ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 H.B. 1116 Requires an individual to have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, removing obstructions to a person's airway and the Heimlich maneuv... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 HPV Included in Course Materials H.B. 1379 The bill requires the inclusion of additional information regarding human papillomavirus in course materials related to sexually transmitted... More... VT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 All-Age Access to Smoking Cessation Programs H.B. 113 Allows youth to access and consent to state smoking cessation programs. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/2008/BILLS/PASSED/H-113.DOC... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator H.F. 2245 [Hearing Loss Intervention] Specifies duties of the Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator. (Section 7) http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbil... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection S.B. 327 Directs the state department of health to provide a school that enrolls grade 6 female students with information on cervical cancer and the ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 HPV Information H.B. 1802 Provides that, beginning with sixth grade entry, every public and private school in the state shall provide parents and guardians with infor... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Automated External Defibrillators S.B. 2313 Requires the state superintendent to purchase and distribute automated external defibrillators (AEDs. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2313 allocat... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Immunization of Homeless Students S.B. 1965 Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually to the House and Senate Education Committees the number of homeless children who e... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Sexual Health Education S.B. 5297 By September 1, 2008, every public school that offers sexual health education must assure that it is medically and scientifically accurate; ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Self-Adminstered Epinephrine S.B. 289 Allows students to carry and self-adminster prescribed epinephrine in school for severe allergies. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtm... More... MD Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccine Task Force H.B. 1049; S.B. 774 Establishes a Task Force on the HPV Vaccine; provides for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; provides that the members of the Ta... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccine in School-Based Clinics S.B. 1174 Relates to health care; provides for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in school-based clinics. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regula... More... AK Passed 04/2007 P-12 health insurance S.J.R. 1 Do pass., Relates to reauthorization of federal funding for children's health insurance; encourages the Governor to support additional fundi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Mississippi Healthy Student Act S.B. 2369 Requires a minimum period of physical activity-based instruction for students in K-8 and requires one unit of physical education for high sc... More... VA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Requirement H.B. 2035, S.B. 1230 Requires females to receive three doses of properly spaced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in order to attend a public or private element... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School Nurse Program H.B. 1132 Establishes and provides funding for a school nurse program under department of education, run by the office of healthy schools. Specifies n... More... FL Issued 03/2007 P-12 Establishing the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness E.O 07-52 Establishes the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness to develop a state plan of action to increase physical fitness through regular exerci... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Crohn's Disease Awareness H.C.R. 141 Urges the state department of education to work with local school systems to ensure that educators are aware of the impact that living with ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Immunization Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease S.B. 2859 Requires the state board of health to develop regulations to ensure that all children enrolled or enrolling in a state licensed child care ... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-Based Fitness Class S.B. 2354 Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every four years... More... VA Passed 03/2007 P-12 Childhood Obesity Joint Subcommittee H.J. 637 This joint resolution of the legislature establishes a joint subcommittee to study childhood obesity in Virginia's public schools. The subc... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Medication Administration for Life Threatening Conditions H.B. 61 Requires school districts to permit students to possess and self-administer medication required for potentially life threatening conditions ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Combatting Childhood Obesity & Chronic Health Conditions H.B. 2214, S.B. 974 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Health Commissioner to work together to combat childhood obesity and other c... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Childhood Obesity H.B. 2214, S.B. 974 Relates to childhood obesity; requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Health Commissioner to work together to combat... More... TX Issued 02/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccinations Executive Order RP 65 Requires the Department of State Health Services to make the HPV vaccine available through the Texas Vaccines for Children program for eligi... More... DE Adopted 12/2006 P-12 Student Physical Fitness Assessment Title 14 Sec 503 Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Prescription Medications S.B. 164 Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the stu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Information on Diabetes in Schools A.B. 2226 Requires each school district to provide a type 2 diabetes information sheet developed by the Department of Education to the parent or guard... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 School Health Centers A.B. 2560 Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relat... More... NY Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Children's Mental Health Advisory Board S.B. 6672 Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Req... More... NY Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Booster Vaccinations S.B. 7421 Requires children born after January 1, 1990 to have booster vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis upon entering the 6th grade.... More... NY Vetoed 08/2006 P-12 Centers of Excellence in Culturally and Linguistically Competent Mental Health A.B. 9593 Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and dissemin... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Vision Screening H.B. 2699 Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html... More... VA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 Standards For Accrediting Public Schools 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq. Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student... More... AZ Approved by voters 07/2006 P-12 Early Childhood Development and Health Initiative V. 18 (Prop. 203) (PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increas... More... NY Vetoed 07/2006 P-12 Dental Health Certificates A.B. 6640 Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health cer... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Immunization Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease A.B. 8761 Requires immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease of every child in this state born on and after January 1, 2005 beginning with en... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Schoolchildren's Health Act H.B. 1502 Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on schoo... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Student Physical Fitness Assessments H.B. 372 Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 471 Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires... More... DE Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Health Advisory Council for physical education S.B. 289 Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Meningitis Vaccinations H.B. 768 Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to ... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Distribution of Meningococcal Meningitis Fact Sheet S.B. 1461 Requires department of health and senior services to develop an educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis; directs the comm... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Adoption Awareness S.B. 111 Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awar... More... NY Died 06/2006 P-12 Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 4090 Requires the education department to establish a comprehensive program on the prevention of skin cancer to be incorporated into the curricul... More... FL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Lead Poisoning Information S.B. 1324 Relates to a educational program on lead poisoning prevention and literature on childhood lead poisoning, lead screening of children, lead s... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Physical Education Pilot Program H.B. 2140 Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools... More... AK Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Recommending or Refusing Psychotropic Drugs S.B. 48 Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on... More... NY Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act A.B. 6905 Enacts the Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act. Directs the Commissioners of Health, Education and Environmental C... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Meningitis Vaccination as Prerequisite for Course Registration H.B. 154 Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a c... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Meningococcal Disease S.B. 448 Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents ... More... MA Adopted 06/2006 Postsec. Community College Student Health Insurance Program 114.6 CMR 3.00 Implements the statutory requirement that students enrolled inMassachusetts institutions of higher education participate in a qualifyingstud... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Auto-Injectible Epinephrine H.B. 1732 Includes auto-injectible epinephrine for anaphylactic shock as a permissible self-administered medication. Specifies necessary conditions fo... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Activity Requirement for Schools H.B. 3750 Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injector S.B. 2898 Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic schoo... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Students with Life-Threatening Allergies and Chronic Illnesses H.B. 611 Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate prac... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 Postsec. Smoking Ban in Dorms S.B. 2465 Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or ... More... IL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Educational Materials on Meningitis S.B. 2728 Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools... More... WI Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Use of Inhalers in Private Schools A.B. 1132 Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who p... More... CT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Physical Health Plans for Students S.B. 204 Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Homeless Students and Immunization S.B. 3918 Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School-based Health Clinics H.B. 1396 Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Student Medicaid Eligibility H.B. 1270 Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and th... More... TN Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Guidelines for Students w/ Allergies H.B. 2442; SB 2883 Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for t... More... IA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Healthy Children Task Force S.B. 2251 Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to: a. Assess current poli... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Health Coordinators H.B. 613 Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize th... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Minimum Requirements for Immunization for Children S.B. 116 Sets out the minimum requirements for the immunization of children for the state board to include in their regulations. The requirements bri... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Meningitis Disease and Vaccine H.B. 475 Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students i... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Health Education H.B. 589 Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing... More... KY Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Hepatitis C Education and Awareness H.B. 540 Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be in... More... ME Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Health Coverage for College Students S.B. 777; LD 2014 Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to ... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Body Mass Index S.B. 785 Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolle... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Information on Meningococcal Disease A.B. 589 2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and chart... More... WI Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Volunteer Health Care Provider Program A.B. 829 Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in ... More... IA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Obesity Prevention Program S.B. 2124 Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to in... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Automatic External Defibrillators H.B. 1106 Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillat... More... WV Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Ratio of School Nurses S.B. 53 Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20e... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Urges Use of Prevention Dimensions Curriculum H.C.R. 3 Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum t... More... WV Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Individual Diabetes Care Plans H.B. 2548 Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state boar... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Local School Wellness Plans H.B. 319 Directs local school districts to establish local school health councils to provide guidance on the development and implementation of a loca... More... NJ Issued 12/2005 P-12 Steroid Use Executive Order No. 72 Executive order No. 72 addresses many of the Governor's Task Force on Steroid Use and Prevention. Directs the Department of Education to wor... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 School Wellness Policies S.B. 567 This bill would require local educational agencies that participate in specified federal school lunch programs to establish and implement a ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 High School Athletes and Use of Steroids S.B. 37 Prohibited substances. The bill would prohibit specified dietary supplements from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic hi... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Content Standards for Health Education H.B. 689 Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum fra... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 Community College Postsec. Health Supervision and Services Fees for Community College Students A.B. 982 An act to amend Section 76355 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature ... More... NY Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Immunization S.B. 3165 Provides that each school shall require that every child entering or attending such school shall produce proof of immunization in accordance... More... NY Rule Adoption 09/2005 P-12 School Health Services Title 8 NYCRR 136.1 - 136.3 Implements and otherwise conforms the commissioner's regulations to L. of 2004, ch. 477. NEW YORK REG 17638 (SN) http://www.dos.state.ny.us... More... PA Active 09/2005 P-12 Pennsylvania Growth Screening Program A Pennsylvania Department of Health Program. Pre-existing school health regulations require that a school nurse or teacher conduct height an... More... IL Vetoed 08/2005 P-12 School Wellness Policies H.B. 733 Requires the State Board of Education to establish a state goal that all school districts have a wellness policy consistent with Centers for... More... NY Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Cleaning products in schools S.B. 5435 Requires the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in elementary and secondary schools; defines... More... NY Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Using school space to improve student access to health S.B. 5352 Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagen... More... NY Vetoed 07/2005 P-12 Sun exposure and instruction regarding skin cancer H.B. 8737 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to protection from sun exposure and instruction regarding skin cancer. http://assembly.state... More... AK Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Self-Medication H.B. 85 An Act relating to self-administration and documentation of certain types of medication prescribed to a child attending school.... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 H.B. 236 Requires instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator be included as a part of the health education curri... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Asthma Medications H.B. 2767 Establishes a protocol to allow school districts to maintain asthma treatment agents as stock medication, in response to the epidemic of ped... More... CT Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Pesticide Applications S.B. 916 Defines "pesticide" and adds an emergency exception to the pesticide application prohibition at day care centers. The exception includes eme... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Health Program Recognition H.B. 1541 Requires the state board of education to establish a school health recognition program that: (1) publicly identifies those schools that have... More... RI SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Performance Enhancing Dietary Supplements H.B. 6277 Prohibits a high school or public or private university or college from accepting any sponsorship or other payment from a performance-enhanc... More... RI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Modifications to Mercury Reduction and Education Act H.B. 6598 Extends the implementation dates for several provisions of the Mercury Reduction and Education Act. In addition, it would clarify the defini... More... HI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Asbestos Testing H.B. 1295 Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct asbestos tests prior to renovations or painting of school facilities at all DOE school... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... MO DELIVERED TO SECRETARY OF STATE 06/2005 P-12 Model School Wellness Program H.B. 568 The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish a "Model School Wellness Program", and any moneys appropriated, other t... More... RI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Wellness H.B. 5563, S.B. 565 Gives school committees (boards) the authority to address the health and wellness of students and employees and to establish a subcommittee ... More... MT Rule Adoption 06/2005 P-12 School Immunization Requirements ARM New Rules I thru III, 37.114.701, .702, .704, .705, .708, .709, .710, .715, .716, .720, .721 Establishes rules regarding school immunization requirements. MONTANA REG 4718 (SN)... More... CT Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Healthy Food at Schools S.B. 1309 Clarifies that K-5 daily physical exercise requirement must include at least 20 minutes of exercise per full school day in addition to any p... More... CT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students with Life-Threatening Allergies S.B. 1312 Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requir... More... SC SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act H.B. 3582 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act addresses circumstances relating to children and lead poisoning. Revises requirements. A... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 P-12 Indoor Air Quality S.B. 641 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to indoor air quality and mold in schools Encourages each district... More... MN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.F. 232 A secondary student may possess and use nonprescription pain relief in a manner consistent with the labeling, if the district has received... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students with Diabetes H.B. 984 The bill adds Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code to establish provisions relating to the care of public school elementary and secondary sch... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Anabolic Steroids H.B. 3563 Requires the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to develop an educational program for students engaged in extracurricular athletic acti... 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... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health, Nutrition and Physical Education Guidelines S.B. 42 From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Smoke-Free Institutions S.B. 757 With respect to public institutions of higher education, upon the adoption of smoking policies by the administrative head of such institutio... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 CPR and Heimlich Maneuver S.B. 618 Allows schools to offer instruction in the Heimlich maneuver to students in physical education classes; requires districts to ensure that a ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Self-Administration of Epinephrine H.B. 279 Authorizes a K-12 student who has experienced or is at risk for life-threatening allergic reactions to self-administer epinephrine by auto-i... More... FL Vetoed 05/2005 P-12 Psychotropic Medication H.B. 209 Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychot... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Individual Health Care Plan S.B. 144 Requires districts to adopt policy requiring a student with special health care needs to have an individual health care plan that allows stu... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Notification of Meningoccal Meningitis Vaccines S.B. 326 Requires public and nonpublic schools to distribute materials concerning meningococcal meningitis and its vaccines. Requires the department ... More... AK Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Immunization of Postsecondary Students for Meningitis H.B. 185 Requires a postsecondary educational institution in the state to provide written notice to each student who intends to reside in campus hous... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Health Report Card on Children H.B. 445 Amends Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68. Authorizes local districts to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Lifestyles H.J.R. 88 Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction w... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Childhood Obesity H.J.R. 85 Resolution urges the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and implement a suitable program, one which accommodat... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Self-Administration of Epinephrine S.B. 1309 Authorizes local boards to adopt policies allowing students diagnosed with anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer emergency medications, i... More... WA Paritally Vetoed 05/2005 Postsec. Meningococcal Immunizations H.B. 1463 Requires schools to provide information on meningococcal immunization.... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 Meningococcal Disease H.B. 1463 Requires that public and private schools provide the parents and guardians of students with information about meningococcal disease at the b... More... NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 43. 05/2005 P-12 Self-administering prescribed medications H.B. 182 AN ACT relating to pupils; requiring a principal or a school nurse of a public school to allow pupils to self-administer prescribed medicati... More... VT Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Mercury in Schools S.B. 84 One section of this bill (§ 7109) deals with mercury in schools. After July 1, 2006, no school in Vermont may use, or purchase for use, in a... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Athletic Trainers H.B. 217 Relates to athletic trainers; amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to... More... OR Adopted 05/2005 P-12 School-Based Health Services OAR 410-133-0000, -0040, -0060, -0080, -0090, -0100, -0120, -0140, -0160, -0180, -0200, -0220, -0280, - 0300, -0320, -0340 Amends rules regarding School-Based Health Services (SBHS). Relates to the requirements and operations for conducting SBHS. Describes the Me... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Asthma Drugs H.B. 143 Requires each public school system to adopt a policy authorizing a student to possess and self- administer specified medication pertaining t... More... NC To governor 04/2005 P-12 Student Asthma Medications H.B. 496 Requires local school boards to adopt policies permitting students diagnosed with asthma to possess and self-administer certain asthma or an... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1122 Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Privacy in Schools S.B. 1270 Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides wri... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Vision Exams H.B. 1951 Requires the Department of Health (DOH) to convene a work group to reevaluate and make recommendations for changes to procedures for visual ... More... MD Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 State Board Of Education COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01 Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Asthma Self Medication H.B. 396 Allows asthma self medication in schools. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0396.htm... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Self Administration of Medication S.B. 10 Sets parameters for self-administration of medication. Notes: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN0010.pdf Full text: http://ww... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Asthma And Anaphylaxis Treatment Plans S.B. 156 Authorizes a student with asthma, severe allergies or another related, life-threatening condition to possess and self-administer prescribed ... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Department of Health and Environment H.B. 2264 Concerns the department of health and environment; relates to the director of health; concerns infectious and contagious diseases, use of qu... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Pupil Breathing Medication H.B. 2229 Permits students authorized by a licensed health care professional to possess and self-administer breathing medication in handheld inhaler d... 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... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Health Promotion Act of 2005 S.B. 473 Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requirin... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Medications H.B. 2976 Allows a student to carry and use an asthma inhaler or auto-injectable epinephrine, or both, while in school, at an on-site school-sponsored... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Administration of Emergency Medication H.B. 88 § 2 Requires every public and private and parochial school to have on duty during the entire school day at least one school employee who has met... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Students Medication Administration S.B. 275 Allows public school students to carry and self- administer asthma medication and emergency anaphylaxis medication. http://legis.state.nm.u... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Self Injected Epinephrine H.B. 1743 Adds self-injected epinephrine to those medications that public school students diagnosed with asthma or anaphylaxis, may self-administer un... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Higher Education Vaccination for Hepatitis B S.B. 712 Provides that full time students enrolled for the first time in any four year public institution of higher education shall be vaccinated aga... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Arkids First Program H.B. 1895 Establishes a program to inform students in local school districts about the Arkids First Program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bil... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Self-administration of medication for the treatment of asthma S.B. 2163 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to students' possession and self-admi... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... ND To governor 03/2005 P-12 High School Units H.B. 1048 Changes what each public and nonpublic high school must make available to each student In order to be approved by the superintendent of publ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Self Administered Asthma Medication S.F. 109 Requires school districts to permit students to possess and self administer inhaled asthma medication; imposes requirements; delegates dutie... More... IL Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Heartsaver Automated External Defibrillator S.B. 2216 Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to make matching grants to any publ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Student Tuberculosis Screening S.B. 39 Repeals the requirement for tuberculosis screening for school students and employees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB39enr.p... More... OH Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Student Small Pox Immunization H.B. 463 Requires students to be immunized against chicken pox subject to certain exceptions.... More... MA Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Diabetic Student Treatment S.B. 2231 Authorizes self-monitoring and treatment of students with diabetes. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary... More... DE Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program 14 DAC, 851 Reauthorizes the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program. Establishes rule making each school district have a sequential, skill-based K-... More... PA Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Student Asthma Medications H.B. 1113 Directs school districts to establish policies regarding student possession and self-administration of certain asthma medications. Requires... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Exclusion of Children of Filthy or Vicious Habits or Suffering from Contagious Diseases A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Repeals law that authorizes a school district governing board to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or children suffering from co... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Health Screening Reporting Requirements A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) SEC. 15: Existing law requires every school district or private school that has children enrolled in the 1st grade to report by January 15 o... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Health Services Authorization Affidavit A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 12: Existing law deems a pupil to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Curriculum Excusal on Religious Grounds A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Provides that if any part of a school's instruction in health conflicts with the religious training and beliefs of a parent or guardian of a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Teen Parents in Foster Care Act S.B. 1178 Creates the Teen Parents in Foster Care Act. Provides ways in which families of dependent minor parents may be preserved, by assisting such ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Health: Self-Administration of Medication S.B. 1912 Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine medication if the school district receives a written statement f... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Health: Self-Administration of Medications A.B. 2132 Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer inhaled asthma medication if the school district receives certain statements regarding same.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Air Pollution: Schoolbus Idling at Schools A.B. 2644 Codifies regulations adopted by the State Air Resources Board that establish toxic control measures to limit schoolbus idling and idling at ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupils Health: Vision Appraisal S.B. 1692 Requires that if a vision appraisal is conducted by a school district, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil v... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Hypodermic Needles and Syringes S.B. 1159 Makes it unlawful to discard or dispose a hypodermic needle or syringe on the grounds of a playground, beach, park, or any public or private... More... MA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Enzyme Supplements H.B. 4409 Allows students with cystic fibrosis to self- administer prescription enzyme supplements; provides that no school district shall prohibit st... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Schools: Irradiated Foods A.B. 1988 Specifies that before school may serve irradiated foods, the district must: (1) Take formal action permitting the use of irradiated foods. (... More... NY Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Chicken Pox Vaccine S.B. 7690 Requires children born on or after January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1997 to be immunized against chicken pox (varicella) by the time they en... More... NY Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Safe Routes to School Program A.B. 10057 Relates to establishing the safe routes to school program by the Department of Transportation; provides that money provided by the federal g... More... NY Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Health Services A.B. 11317 Relates to the provision of school health services; requires school health services shall be provided by each school district for all studen... 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... CA Vetoed 08/2004 P-12 Pupil Immunization A.B. 1822 Prohibits governing boards of public and private schools and child care facilities from unconditionally admitting pupils who have not been f... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Obesity S.B. 2940 Amends the School Code and the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Provides that health examinations shall include the collection of data relati... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Student Dental Exams H.B. 752 Requires all children in specified grades in public, private and parochial school to have a dental examination. Provides that a school may h... More... NY Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Urinal and Toilet Deodorizers Sale and Use S.B. 6143 Prohibits the purchase or use of urinal or toilet deodorizers containing paradichlorobenzene in any public or private school buildings. http... More... OK Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Healthy and Fit Kids Act of 2004 S.B. 1627 Requires each school to establish a Healthy and Fit Kids advisory committee to study and make recommendations to the school principal regard... More... MA Signed into law 07/2004 Postsec. Community College Student Meningococcal Immunizations S.B. 2159 Requires student immunization against meningococcal disease; includes public and private colleges, universities and public and private secon... More... MA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Meningitis Immunization Awareness S.B. 2155 Relates to meningitis immunization awareness; requires all public and private secondary school, public and private universities, day care ce... More... AL Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Delegation by School Nurses AAC 610-X-6-.06 Establishes rules reducing the minimum training hours for unlicensed school personnel from 24 to 12 in order for the school nurse to delegat... More... NY Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Immunization Requirements for School Children A.B. 11306 Requires children entering school or day care to be immunized against pertussis and tetanus; authorizes adult immunization programs; relates... More... NY Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School Admission Immunization Requirement S.B. 2594 Requires child to be immunized against chickenpox for admission to 6th grade. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02594&sh=t... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 School Safety Plans S.B. 1177 Encourages a school site council to consider, when it next reviews and updates its school safety plan, gun violence prevention in health edu... More... MA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Vision Screening S.B. 687 Relates to the requirement of vision screening for kindergarten students; provides that parents and guardians shall present certification th... More... NC To governor 07/2004 P-12 Parental Notification of Meningitis Vaccines S.B. 444 Ensures that educational materials are provided so that public, private and charter schools can provide information to parents and guardians... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Physical Fitness in Schools S.B. 871 Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies bene... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Standard School Health Forms S.B. 826 Requires the secretary of the health and hospitals department to create an advisory board to establish a standard health form for schools, i... More... RI Passed 07/2004 P-12 Environmental Health And Safety H.B. 8109 (Joint Resolution) Creates a twenty-four (24) member special joint commission, whose purpose it would be to develop a comprehensive statewid... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Health and Fitness Assessment H.B. 7900 Changes a reference for cognitive testing to an assessment in the area of health and fitness education; deletes the requirement that the com... More... NH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Parental Refusal to Administer Drug H.B. 551 Establishes that further study is needed to determine the biological or medical reasons for administering psychotropic drugs, such as Ritali... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Nurses and Medication in Schools H.B. 5429 Requires each local regional board of education that allows a school or other licensed nurse to administer medicine or that allows a student... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Hepatitis B Vaccinations H.J.R. 709 Encouraging all college age students to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp... More... HI Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Smoking/Tobacco Products on School Property H.B. 2871 Creates a safe and healthy school environment by prohibiting any person from smoking tobacco products on school property and at any school- ... More... GA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Athletic Trainers H.B. 1394 Provides that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school i... More... TN To governor 05/2004 P-12 School Assistance with Diabetes Care S.B. 2122 Permits local public and private school boards to train school personnel who volunteer to assist students with diabetes care; requires the d... More... MD Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System H.B. 358 Requires the State Department of Education to establish procedures for the administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Urges Instruction in Healthy Lifestyle Choices S.J.R. 97 Urges schools to provide instruction on healthy lifestyle choices including programs for physical education; urges restrictions on granting ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Multiple Provisions S.B. 304 Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate; establishes the Center for Inno... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2004 P-12 Mental Health Evaluations and Medications S.B. 1278 Prohibits school employees from requiring pupils to undergo psychiatric or psychological evaluations or to use psychiatric medication in ord... More... HI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Asthma Self-Medication H.B. 2198 Allows student self-administration of asthma medication by inhaler or nebulizer. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb2198_... More... NH Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Daily Physical Activity for Pupils in Schools H.B. 1352 Requires school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils.... More... CO Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Meningitis Information S.B. 57 Concerns the provision of information on meningococcal disease to students at postsecondary institutions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics20... More... WI Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 HIV Testing S.B. 230 Authorizes an employee of a school district, cooperative educational service agency, charter school, private school, the State Educational S... More... OH Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Vaccination Requirement H.B. 142 Establishes a requirement that institutions of higher education require students living in on- campus housing to be vaccinated for meningiti... More... IA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Asthma Medication S.F. 2177 Creates new section requiring local boards and authorities of nonpublic schools to allow students to possess and self-administer asthma medi... More... TN Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Education S.B. 2286 Concerns education; requires, under certain circumstances, each LEA to allow certain students to carry and self-administer asthma medication... More... ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School Policy on Medical Inhalers H.B. 632 Requires local school boards to adopt a policy governing medical inhalers and self- administration of medication by a pupil for asthma or ot... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Asthma Medication H.B. 4271 Requires all schools to permit students to self administer asthma medication.... More... ME Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Emergency Medical Help H.P. 136 Ensures that emergency medical help is available to all school children and personnel; relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automate... More... IN Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Hepatitis B H.B. 1133 Requires every child who enters grade 9 and grade 12 to be immunized against hepatitis B until July 1, 2008. Prohibits the prevention of a c... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Asthma Medication by Pupils in School S.B. 32 Directs a public school to permit a student to possess and self- administer inhaled asthma medication if certain requirements are met; requi... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Foods And Beverages Sold At Public Schools S.B. 5436 Regards foods and beverages sold and served on public school campuses; requires the development of a model policy regarding access to nutrit... More... ME Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Use of Asthma Inhalers by Students H.P. 1290 Requires a public school or private school approved for attendance purposes by the Department of Education to adopt a written local policy a... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Custodial and Maintenance Care for Schools S.B. 53 Establishes criteria for custodial and maintenance care for school facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB5... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 1141 Relates to school nurses; provides for an appropriate school nurse- to-student ratio to effectively meet the health care needs of school chi... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Legislative Health Advisory Committee H.B. 1121 Amends the appointment structure of the legislative health advisory committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate healthy care on the ... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Nurse H.B. 1070 Requires one full time or the proportionate share of one full time school nurse in each school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro... More... OR Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 Mercury Elimination Policies OAR 581-021-0023 Adopts rule pertaining to Mercury Elimination Policies. Implements the statutory requirement that the State Board adopt rules to eliminate t... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2004 Postsec. Meningococcal Vaccinations for Full-Time Students A.B. 1546 Requires meningococcal vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Health Report H.B. 1011 Requires schools to include as part of a student health report to parents an annual body mass index percentile by age for each student. http... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Smoking on School Buses A.B. 3168 Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present; clarifies that the prohibition on smoking or carrying lighted tobacco o... More... DE Rule Adoption 10/2003 P-12 Certification School Nurse 14 DAC 1580 Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and ... More... WI Signed into law 10/2003 Postsec. Meningococcal Disease Vaccinations A.B. 344 Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about th... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Fee Assessment on Instructional Materials S.B. 1058 Requires the department of education, prior to conducting a follow-up adoption of basic educational materials for use in kindergarten and gr... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Pupil Screening: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A.B. 766 Establishes a 3-year pilot program whereby any school district may participate in the program of pupil screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitu... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 Pupil Health: Vision Appraisal S.B. 606 Requires if a student vision appraisal is conducted in a public school, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Emergency Medical Services: Diabetes A.B. 942 Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 School District Governing Boards: Contracts S.B. 65 Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing any contract for the sale of carbonated beverages or non-n... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 California Childhood Obesity Prevention Act S.B. 677 Makes certain restrictions of the sale of food items in school operative if funding is appropriated for certain nutritional purposes. Prohib... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Postsec. School Facilities: Maintenance and Repair A.B. 1124 Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities,... More... NY Vetoed 09/2003 P-12 School Cafeteria Cooling Requirements S.B. 3445 Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Community Service S.B. 372 Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Pro... More... NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Tobacco Free Schools S.B. 583 Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibitin... More... WI Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Immunization of Students HFS 144 Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Health Screening S.B. 1081 Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. ht... More... NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Administering Medication S.B. 226 Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Vision Examinations S.B. 805 Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health exami... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Autism Diagnosis Education Program H.B. 1809 Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autis... More... CT Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Medical Care for Students H.B. 5931 Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliv... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning Screening H.B. 207 Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants... More... DE Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Lead Poisoning S.B. 74 Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screen... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Recommending Medication S.B. 456 Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medicati... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Meningitis S.B. 686 (New Section) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and for each school year thereafter, requires every public institution of higher education in the s... 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... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Records S.P. 96 (LD 262) Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school e... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 1406 Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular d... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 320 An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Asthma Medications in Schools H.B. 56 Provides for the self-administration of asthma medication by students attending public or nonpublic schools upon written parental and medica... More... NC Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Meningitis and Hepatitis B Immunization H.B. 825 Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to s... More... TN Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Mold Abatement H.B. 891 Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools.... More... MI Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Teacher Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation H.B. 4038 Requires course completion and certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management for ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Health Care Treatment for Students H.B. 1172 Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any s... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 School Health Record Keeping Requirements/Screening 14 DAC 811, 815, 817 Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medication... More... TN Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Maximum Weight Standards For School Textbooks S.B. 1664 Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Obesity and Health Needs of Children S.B. 474 Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Health Advisory Councils S.B. 1357 S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local scho... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund H.F. 685 Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $40... More... NY Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Duration of School Health Services S.B. 2662 Extends to 27 years the maximum duration of certain projects providing school health services for pre- school and school-age children.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Higher Education S.B. 787 Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, public or private postsecondary educational institutions shall provide detailed information on t... More... ME Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Cancer Causing Chemicals H.P. 158, 199 Prohibits the presence, use and storage on school and child care center property of chemicals known to cause cancer; requires the adoption o... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Tobacco Use in Schools S.B. 50 Relates to tobacco; authorizes school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than r... More... NE Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations L.B. 513 Beginning with school year 2003-04, each postsecondary educational institution must provide to each newly enrolled student who will reside i... More... WA Vetoed 05/2003 Postsec. Immunizations H.B. 1827 Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information to first-time students by degree- granting postsecondary educational institu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations for Students S.B. 1733 Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form that indicates that... More... WA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Children's Mental Health H.B. 1784 Improves coordination of services for children's mental health; improves field-level cross-program collaboration and efficiency, the early p... More... NH Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Use of Asthma Inhalers H.B. 57 Relates to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma; permits students and campers with asthma to possess and self-administer as... More... NH Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Epinephrine Auto Injectors H.B. 92 Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies; permits students and campers with severe, pote... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 185 Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing.... More... IN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Immunization for Chicken Pox H.B. 1702 Requires a child who enters kindergarten or grade 1 to be immunized against chicken pox after a June 30, 2004. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_bi... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 05/2003 P-12 A Health Advisory Committee H.B. 2893 Creates a Health Advisory Committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate health care on the educational performance of children. http:/... More... CT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Postsec. Immunization H.B. 6373 Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connectic... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Meningitis and Hepatitis Risk and Vaccinations H.B. 1087 Requires the state department of health to organize educational material on the risks of meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availabili... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Self Medication S.B. 343 Relates to schools; authorizes self-medication by a student of inhaled asthma medication; requires school districts to adopt policy for cert... More... MT Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Diabetes Medication DispensationSAME AS: LC1066 H.B. 573 Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval s... 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... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Pilot Program to Assist Public School H.B. 528 Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Religious Exemption to the School Immunization S.B. 434 Revises the Religious Exemption to the school immunization requirements; tracks children with exemptions. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpr... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Self-Administration of Asthma Medications H.B. 1072 Permits public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications if certain requirements are met. http://billstatus.ls.state... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Pregnancy Incentive Grant Fund H.B. 774 Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to countie... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Adequate Student Eye Health and Vision Care H.B. 1553 Establishes an Arkansas Commission for adequate eye health and vision care needs for school children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/... More... NY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Restrictions on Smoking on School Grounds S.B. 3292 Part of this bill prohibits all uses of tobacco products on school grounds.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Scoliosis Screening for Public School Students H.B. 1834 Directs school principals to implement a program of regular screening for scoliosis for pupils. Provides for parental notification.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Organ Donor Education S.B. 167 Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ d... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Primary Care Centers In Schools H.B. 328 Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Med... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Local School Health/Physical Education Advisory Councils S.B. 2339 Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical e... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Childrens Inoculations S.B. 2289 Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head sta... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Ergonomics in Education Study S.B. 1495 Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission to study all issues associated with ergonomics in K-12 schools including instructio... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Mandatory District School Breakfast Program Participation S.B. 1498 Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percent... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Integrated Pest Management Act S.B. 137 Creates the School Integrated Pest Management Act; implements a policy for integrated pest management in public, private and charter schools... More... PA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 School Cafeterias H.B. 2350 Amends the Public Eating and Drinking Place Code. Provides for health and safety inspections of school cafeterias and for training related t... More... UT Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Medical Recommendations by School Personnel to Parents R277-611 Establishes rules to clarify for school personnel, parents, and guardians the recommendations or directions that school personnel may make o... More... OR Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Form and Protocol for Physical Exams OAC 581-021-0041 Adopts the form and protocol for physical exams to be required of all students participating in sports. Directs the Department to consult wi... More... NJ Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Prohibition of Smoking on School Grounds STATE ID: 34 NJR 3157 NJAC 6A:16-1.3, 3.1 Clarifies rules regarding the prohibition of smoking or the use of any other tobacco product on school grounds. Adds a definition of school ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula A.B. 2668 Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the state department of education, and contingent upon receipt of... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 The Use of Sunscreen at School S.B. 1632 Requires every schoolsite to allow pupils to use sunscreen during the school day without a physician's note or prescription and authorizes s... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Smoking Rules A.B. 1867 Increases the fine and would expand the prohibited smoking and tobacco product disposal area to within 25 feet of a playground or a tot lot ... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Students with Asthma May Possess and Use Prescription Inhalers H.B. 4411 Forbids school districts from prohibiting students with asthma or other respiratory diseases from possessing and administering prescription ... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2002 Postsec. Hepatitis B A.B. 1888 Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.... More... OK Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 2162 Creates the Certified School Professional Nurse Staff Task Force to identify strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of certified sc... More... NY Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Children's Medications S.B. 7746 Validates certain practices sanctioned by regulations, but not necessarily Title VIII of the Education Law, regarding the administration of ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 3744 Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Emergency Medical Information Form for Bus Drivers and EMTs H.B. 5939 Amends the School Code; provides that school districts are encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information form for bus driver... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 I.D. Cards H.B. 7176 Adds evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act takes effect upon passage.... More... RI To governor 06/2002 P-12 Pesticide Applications S.B. 2465 This act would establish the conditions under which pesticide applications would occur at schools, pre- schools and child care centers and w... More... SC Act No. 06/2002 P-12 Vaccinations, Meningitis H.B. 5133 Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify incoming students, or their parents, of the risk of contracting Meningococcal Dise... More... OH Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Heimlich Maneuver H.B. 384 Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food ... More... PA To governor 06/2002 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 955 Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education. Provides exemption if a waiver is s... 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... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 CPR Training S.B. 2153 Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Duties of Auditor General H.B. 2347 Withdraws Auditor General's mandate to evaluate the Healthy Families and family literacy program; moves responsibility for family group deci... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Asthma Control Program and School Personnel Asthma Training H.B. 420 Creates an Asthma Control Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requires the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement t... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Self-Administration of Asthma Medication S.B. 472 Requires local boards to adopt a policy authorizing the self-administration of asthma medication by a student who has asthma, provided that ... More... NY Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Defibrillators A.B. 10577, A.B. 8779 Relates to requiring school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and char... More... CT Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics H.B. 5179 Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council H.B. 1386 Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council H.B. 1163 Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Physical Education S.J.R. 569 Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Immunization Tracking Registry H.B. 91A In section relating to immunization tracking registry, states that parental consent is to be considered general consent given for treatment ... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Immunization H.B. 1624 Resolve authorizing emergency adoption of legislation regarding immunization of children. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD21... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Education School Nurse Consultant H.B. 126 Establishes a full-time position of education school nurse consultant within the Department of Education; specifies data collection and repo... More... WA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Children with Diabetes S.B. 6641 Relates to accommodating children with diabetes in schools; requires that an individual health plan for each diabetic child, parental signed... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Vision Screening of Young Children S.B. 207 Vision screening examinations must be performed and submitted to the public school, public preschool, or Head Start program a child enters b... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness H.B. 161 Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Emergency Aid S.B. 1190 Relates to emergency aid; provides that a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 who agrees with any person or scho... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Numerous Program Changes H.B. 2515 Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program H.B. 1409 Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate t... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations S.B. 2249 Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Indoor School Air Quality S.B. 407 Requires the state department of health to establish an indoor air quality in schools program, and to inspect the air quality of schools ann... More... KS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Pupil Health tests and Inoculations H.B. 2809 Concerns public health departments; relates to tests and inoculations for pupils enrolling in schools; provides that a county, city-county o... More... UT Vetoed 03/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 123 Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a child, including the use of psychotropic drugs; provides crimin... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Medication or Treatment Orders H.B. 2834 Requires a medication or treatment order as a condition for children with life-threatening conditions to attend public schools; defines medi... More... WV Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Air Quality in New Schools S.B. 32 Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ... More... MI Public Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Procedures for Medication Administration by Nonmedical Personnel H.B. 4672 Requires the Department of Health to review all current procedures for the administration of medications to students in schools by nonmedica... More... KY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Students May Self-Administer Asthma Medication H.B. 353 Permits public and private school students to self- administered asthma medications when the school receives written authorization from the ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Smoking Prohibition H.B. 939 Prohibits smoking in the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; areas within 50 feet of any such building en... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 Postsec. University students must be immunized for meningococcal disease H.B. 1161 Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qua... More... VA Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Psychotropic Drugs H.B. 90 Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies prohibiting certain school personnel from recommending the use of a psychotro... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 P-12 Mercury Reduction Act S.B. 633 Chapter No.656, Enacts the California Mercury Reduction Act of 2001. Prohibits any person, on and after a certain date, from selling at reta... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 The use of toxic substances as part of educational instruction S.B. 286 Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health Services, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Backpacks and Student Health A.B. 1030 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction conduct a study of school districts throughout the State to examine the lack of pupil lock... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 School-Based Health Center H.B. 5976 Defines school-based health centers as those located in elementary or secondary schools that deliver primary and preventive health care serv... More... CA Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Authorizes School Personnel to Assist a Pupil to Take or Apply Medication A.B. 1061 Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE for concurrence., Authorizes designated school personnel, during the regular school day, to... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Use of Locally Grown Foods in School Food Programs S.B. 376 Public Law No. 447., (LD 1214)Encourages the use of locally grown foods in school food services programs; provides that the State will match... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Diabetes S.B. 769 Directs Department of Education to conduct annual survey on number of Oregon children with diabetes; directs physicians to report to Health ... More... NH Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Health S.B. 13 Relates to the duties of a school nurse and school foods and nutrition programs; repeals the statutory provision requiring children to be ex... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Medicaid Trust Fund S.B. 757 Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund For School-Based Services.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Encourage School Personnel to Learn Life-saving Techniques H.B. 3137 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act; provides that a school board shall encourage that all teachers a... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students H.B. 5675 Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Self Administration of Asthma Medication S.B. 979 Public Act No. 92-402., Requires a school board to permit self administration by a pupil of prescribed asthma medication; requires the paren... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Physical Exams for Sports Participants S.B. 160 Directs school districts to require students in grades 7 through 12 who participate in sports to receive physical examination.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Health Screening H.B. 608 Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease.... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Meningitis Information S.B. 168 Relates to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; provides that at the beginning of each semester, the university shall info... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Immunization for School Children H.B. 1163 (LD 1563)Amends immunization requirements for school children and children in child care to ensure consistent wording and requirements for t... More... DE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Permits Educators on a School Field Trip to Assist with Medications S.B. 68 Relates to administration of medications on school field trips; permits educators on a school field trip to assist with medications such as ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Vision Screenings Required S.B. 304 Adds vision screening to requirements for admission to public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool and child care; encourages par... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Nursing Services A.B. 1 Requires that nursing services in all school districts must be provided under the direction and supervision of a chief nurse; prescribes the... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 The Use of Mercury In Schools H.B. 1901 Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added novelties after 7/1/2003; limits the circumstances under which a mercury fever thermome... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Medication H.B. 2682 Expands civil and criminal immunity for school personnel who administer medication to students.... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full Time Nurses In Schools H.B. 284 Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for full time registered nurses for the State's public schools and for a grant to the Organ D... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Self Medication S.B. 376 Provides that a school corporation's discipline policy must allow a student with a chronic disease or medical condition to possess and self-... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs H.B. 353 Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 19 The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to part... More... WA Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Pesticides Around Schools S.B. 5533 Relates to the procedures for posting and notification of pesticide applications at schools and licensed day care centers. "School facility... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Smoking Prevention S.B. 2380 Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 In-school Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs H.B. 2528 Requires the department of health to use 40% of the funds appropriated for in-school tobacco prevention and cessation programs on state-wide... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Mandated Health Education H.B. 2514 Mandates every public educational institution in this state to offer health related education including physical education training and inst... More... AL Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Prohibiting Petroleum Tanks Near Schools H.B. 363 Prohibits the location of a petroleum product tank farm within one and one-half miles of any existing school; provides for the site to be ap... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Sex Education S.B. 75 Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of c... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Immunization of College Students H.B. 2762 Relates to immunizations for full time four year students prior to enrollment in public institutions of higher learning against meningococca... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Toxic Chemicals H.B. 324 Requires the establishment of guidelines for the storage and disposal of toxic chemicals at public schools; requires school districts to imp... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Comprehensive Physical Exams S.B. 1201 Adds a physician assistant who is acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to the list of those practitioners who are qualified ... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Self -Administration of Medication S.B. 1372 Revises procedure for self-administration by pupils of medication for asthma or a potentially life-threatening illness; replaces liability ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Pesticides Near Schools H.B. 28 Relates to Wyoming Environmental Pesticides Control Act; requires notification of pesticide application in or on school facilities and prope... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Students with Diabetes S.B. 1320 Requires every school to permit any pupil with diabetes to test his or her blood glucose levels either in classrooms or very close to classr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Pest Control A.B. 2260 Establishes the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. Requires that the state take the necessary steps, pursuant to specified provisions, to facilit... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 The Use of Pesticides In Schools A.B. 786 Requires a specified program of training in the handling and application of pesticides by school employees, as defined. Requires the Departm... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Health Care for Low-Income Students A.B. 1735 Relates to services to pupils. Requires the governing board of each school district and the county superintendent of schools, as part of the... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Epinephrine Auto-Injectors in Schools A.B. 1791 Authorizes a pharmacy to furnish epinephrine auto-injectors to a school district or county office of education if certain conditions are met... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Three -Year Health Study A.B. 2670 Establishes, until 1/1/2006, a committee to conduct a three-year study relating to school nurses and pupil health. Appoints and convenes the... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Brain/Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula A.B. 1879 Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center in conjunction with the State Department of Education to review and adopt brain and spi... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Panel of Experts A.B. 2068 Encourages the Regents of the University of California to convene, to the extent that sufficient annual funds are provided for this purpose,... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Hepatitis A and Schools A.B. 1594 Adds hepatitis A to the diseases specified for total immunization, as specified, effective 07/01/03, except with regard to pupils who were a... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Whistle Blower Provision A.B. 800 Chapter No.265, Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to adopt a system that will shield the identity of and provide to pupils w... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 First Aid Cources S.B. 1733 Authorizes, as of 1/1/2001, an individual program of professional growth to include a course in first aid that meets or exceeds the standard... More... DE Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Health Screening S.B. 405 Delays the mandatory requirement that all kindergarten enrollees have a documented screening for lead poisoning for admission or continued e... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Requires Eye Exams by First Grade H.B. 6711 Requires that all school children, prior to the first grade, shall be given an eye examination by a physician or an optometrist.... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 School Health Programs A.B. 2877 Existing law requires the governing board or a district and county superintendent to make applications for free or reduced-price meals avail... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Lunch & Breakfast Program H.B. 2379 Public Act No., Creates the Childhood Hunger Prevention Act and amends the School Free Lunch Program Act; changes the name of the Act to the... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Health Care Screenings H.B. 2067 Public Act No. 91-842., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school dist... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Medicaid Funds To Schools H.B. 2067 Public Act No., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district pro... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Background Screening of School Health Employees S.B. 2034 Relates to health care; relates to kidney dialysis patients; relates to the Children's Medical Services Program; relates to the Brain and Sp... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Health Insurance and Medicaid Rules H.B. 2329 Allows health records to be provided to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; creates a disproportionate share program for children's hospitals;... More... OK Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 Smoking Prevention H.B. 2313 Enacts the Oklahoma Youth Smoking Prevention Act; defines terms and creates the Youth Smoking Prevention Fund.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Nuses Can Administer Drugs H.B. 2977 Public Act No. 91-719., Amends the School Code; allows a school board to permit a school employee that is a non-certificated registered prof... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Scholarship S.B. 212 Establishes the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps scholarship program to help low-wage early childhood staff obtain further training;... More... HI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Enforcement of Health Requirements H.B. 2521 Enables the Department of Health to enforce school health requirements more uniformly by replacing statutory requirements for documentation ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Environmental Clearinghouse H.B. 192 Provides for a school environmental health clearinghouse on the Department of Health's website; provides for the development of a model scho... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Tobacco Use Prevention H.B. 2565 Relates to tobacco use prevention and control, especially among youth; establishes an initiative; creates a department and a commission on t... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Meningitis Vaccination S.B. 808 Requires the Department of Health And Senior Services to establish public awareness campaign about meningitis; requires all institutions of ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Psychiatric Medication of Children H.R. 1079 Act No. 80., Creates the Commission on Psychiatric Medication of School-Age Children.... More... MD Vetoed 05/2000 Postsec. Vaccinations S.B. 653 Requires students living in on-campus student housing to receive a vaccination for menigococcal disease or sign a specified waiver; provides... More... MI Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Immunization Status H.B. 5291, H.B. 5292, H.B. 5293 Public Acts 89, 90, 91. Relates to conditions of school aid; requires immunization status assessment for children entering sixth grade.... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Use of Education Trust Fund H.B. 1316 Prohibits school districts from using disbursements from the Education Trust Fund as unanticipated revenue.... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Tobacco Education Advisory Council H.B. 2316 Creates the Tobacco Education Prevention Advisory Council consisting of 16 members, to serve no more than two consecutive five year terms.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Peachcare for Kids H.B. 1214 Act No. 655., Creates the Peachcare for Kids Program (children's health insurance); changes the provisions relating to eligibility; provide... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Tobacco on School Campuses H.B. 2558 Permits tobacco products on school campuses and at school-related events when they are in the possession of an adult as a necessary componen... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Lead Screening H.B. 1221 Requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to require children entering a school to have been administered a ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Vaccinations H.B. 564 Requires immunization certificates for hepatitis B for sixth grade school children; provides that the requirement will sunset following the ... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Administering Medication S.B. 424 (LD 1261); Requires unlicensed school personnel to be trained before administering medication to students in Maine's public schools and appr... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Unhealthy Conditions in Schools H.B. 668 Requires school districts to identify and abate unsafe and unhealthy conditions in schools in the district; creates a School Safety and Heal... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Vaccinations H.B. 227 Requires certain students enrolled in institutions of higher education to receive a certain vaccination or sign a certain waiver; requires p... More... VA Became law without governor's signature 04/2000 P-12 Testing for Lead S.B. 725 Requires proof of testing for elevated blood lead levels in the comprehensive physical examination required for first time admission to publ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Administering Drugs to Students H.B. 1391 Provides an exception from the Drug Control Act for persons who administer drugs to students in Virginia public schools in accordance with a... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Asthma Inhalers H.B. 1010 Allows school principals, after certain conditions have been satisfied, to permit students who have a diagnosis of asthma and approval from ... More... MI Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Inhalers for Asthma S.B. 631 Public Act 10., Relates to students and education; allows students to possess and use inhalers for asthma at school; exempts school personne... More... MI Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Immunity S.B. 614 Public Act 9., Relates to education; revises qualified immunity for administering medication in public schools for certain school employees.... More... NE Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Tobacco Fund Settlement L.B. 1436 Relates to the tobacco fund settlement; creates the Teen Tobacco Education and Prevention Project; creates a committee and a fund; harmonize... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Teen Smoking H.B. 1243 Authorizes the Department of Human Services to develop and implement programs aimed at reducing the use of tobacco by youth; accepts and exp... More... UT Vetoed 03/2000 P-12 Health/Sex Education H.B. 411 Relates to public schools; modifies the instruction requirements pertaining to community and personal health, physiology, personal hygiene, ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Vaccinations S.B. 42 Requires a varicella immunization for school entry.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Elementary School Physicals S.B. 437 Allows licensed nurse practitioner acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide a report of a comprehensive physical exam... 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...