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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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 | Health |
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Amends provisions regarding the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program; provides that "training" include a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of concussions and the appropriate response to concussions. Permits concussion training to be fulfilled through entities offering free, online, or other types of training courses. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1451_bill_20120817_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1451
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Requires district and registered nonpublic school to make publicly available by December 1 of each year the immunization data they are required to submit to the state board of education by November 15. Requires that the immunization data made publicly available be identical to the data the district or school reported to the state board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB5013lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5013
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Directs the department of education and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion educational program that includes (1) educating specified stakeholders, including students, parents, and coaches, about the signs and symptoms of a concussion and procedures to follow in a suspected concussion; (2) annual educational sessions on concussions for coaches and athletic trainers; (3) mandatory removal from athletic activity for student demonstrating signs of a concussion; (4) need for licensed health provider to evaluate student and determine whether student may return to an athletic activity; (5) monitoring of student's return to physical activity by school's certified athletic trainer. Establishes guidelines for a high school concussion awareness program to be implemented in every Hawaii High School Athletic Association member high school (public and private). Directs the department of education to submit to the legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the 2013 regular session on the development and
implementation of the concussion educational program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/HB2273_SD1_.pdf
Title: H.B. 2273
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Public and charter schools serving grades nine through twelve may provide their students instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students with disabilities may participate to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/pdf-bill/tat/SB599.pdf (page 10)
Title: S.B. 599-CPR
Source: www.senate.mo.gov
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | Allows students to carry auto-injectable epinephrine and adds bus drivers and monitors as adults who may administer epinephrine under certain circumstances. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/HouseText12/H7447A.htm
Title: H.B. 7447
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes the department of education to establish a statewide school health services program. Provides the department flexibility in administering and implementing the health services program. Repeals certain student health program operational requirements that were established for a 1970 pilot project. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/HB2513_CD1_.pdf
Title: H.B. 2513
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Existing policy permits districts to provide safety education instruction in all grades. Provides that the definition of "safety education" includes, for students enrolled in grades 6-8, instruction in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator by watching a training video on those subjects. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB5114lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5114
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Requires the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary school to adopt a policy authorizing a school nurse or trained school employee to administer auto-injectible ephinephrine to a student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, regardless of whether such student has a prescription for epinephrine. Requires each school's policy to be included in the student handbook and on the school's website, if applicable. Requires such policy to be provided to a parent/guardian who notifies the school that the student's allergy or other condition puts him at risk of anaphylaxis. Requires at least one employee at each school to receive training from a registered nurse or a licensed medical physician in the administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Permits public K-12 schools to maintain a supply of auto-injectible ephinephrine, and for licensed physicians to prescribe injectors in the name of the school or school system. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=811561
Title: S.B. 119
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Passed 06/2012 | P-12 | Request that the Louisiana Department of Education and state board conduct a survey or study to determine school compliance with the state law regarding vending machines in schools and the requirement of 30 minutes of physical activity in public schools. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=807760
Title: S.R. 146
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, requires that a diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted by each student with diabetes in a public or nonpublic K-12 school who seeks care for diabetes at school or while on a school-related activity. Requires such plan to be developed by the physician or other licensed health care provider and updated annually. Identifies required components of a diabetes management and treatment plan. Requires the school nurse, (or an unlicensed diabetes care assistant, as defined, in the school nurse's absence), to provide care to a student with diabetes, or assist a student with the self-care of his diabetes. Permits a school to adopt a policy to ensure that a school nurse, or at least one unlicensed diabetes care assistant, is available to provide care to a student with diabetes during the regular school day or during school-related activities. Requires a school to permit a student, in accordance with the student's plan, to attend to the self-management and care of his diabetes, which may include specified activities. Identifies respective powers of a school principal and unlicensed diabetes care assistant in ensuring care to students with diabetes. Directs the state board and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to jointly promulgate rules and regulations specifying methods and a curriculum for the training of unlicensed diabetes care assistants, which must use the guidelines by the latest National Diabetes Education Program, "Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed:AGuide for School Personnel." Identifies required elements of training for an unlicensed diabetes care assistant, and permits such training to be provided by a healthcare professional with expertise in caring for persons with diabetes or by the school nurse. Provides that no physician, nurse, school employee, school, or school district is liable for civil damages or subject to disciplinary action under professional licensing regulations or school disciplinary policies as a result of the aforementioned activities. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=812565
Title: S.B. 759
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Requires school districts to develop policies for the management of concussion and head injury in student sports and limits a school district's liability for injuries occurring on school district property.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0402.html
Title: S.B. 402
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Makes participation in the body mass index and weight screenings program for kindergartners and students in grades 3, 5, and 9 optional, and removes references to local board waivers from screening program participation. Requires the department of education to issue an annual report on program participation (formerly "compliance") by public and chartered nonpublic schools. Adds new provisions permitting the governing authority of a community school (other than an internet- or computer-based community school) or the governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, to screen students for body mass index and weight status category. Requires a participating community school to comply with same statutory requirements applicable to participating public and chartered nonpublic schools. Removes references to dates by which parents must be provided information about the screening program, and date by which screenings must be annually conducted.
Page 44, 53, 96-98, 164-165 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf
Title: S.B. 316 - Body Mass Index and Weight Screenings
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | This new section requires each school or location to have one person certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation during regular school hours and when school is in session and students are present.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Section 1439
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Requires each local board of education to develop guidelines and other pertinent information regarding medical evaluation of concussions or head injuries. Prohibits a youth athlete who has been removed from a practice or an athletic game because of a concussion from returning to play the day of the injury.
Title: H.B. 308
Source:
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | From K-12 appropriations bill: Provides that of appropriation to the School Nurses Program, $250,000 is appropriated for the collection and management of statewide student health data, school by school, by means of the Alabama Student Information Management System (ASIMS). Page 13 of 69: http://www.alsde.edu/general/SB0318_ENACTED.pdf
Title: S.B. 318 - Student Health Data
Source: www.alsde.edu
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | (Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergarten through grade five. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 458
Source: cga.ct.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Etablishes a targeted coordinated school health program for the purpose of reducing childhood obesity and a related grant program. The program brings together several state agencies, school administrators, teachers, other school employees, students, families, and community members to assess health needs, set priorities, and plan, implement, and evaluate school health activities directed toward this purpose. The program can be related, but not limited to: health education; physical education; health services; nutrition services; counseling, psychological, and social services; a healthy and safe school environment; health promotion for school employees; and family and community involvement.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=802804
Title: H.B. 1088
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Removes the expectation of county superintendents to report on matters relating to students growth, health, and well-being. Requires the State Department of Education to report specified information to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning specified matters relating to student growth, health, and well-being, such as diabetes and treatment prevention, on or before December 1, 2012, and every 5 years thereafter; and encourages county boards of education to incorporate specified lessons on, among others, health education, including the importance of physical activity in maintaining good health, and a healthful school environment, into the county boards' health education curriculum. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/hb/hb0009e.pdf
Title: H.B. 9
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | The bill directs the Commissioner of Education to propose a model policy for public schools and private schools enrolling more than 60% of their students at public expense in this State on the management of concussive and other head injuries in school activities and athletics. The bill also accomplishes the following.1. It directs the commissioner to invite representatives of educational stakeholders and interested parties to participate in a working group that will meet during the spring and summer of 2012 to develop a model policy that addresses the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussive and other head injuries in students and student athletes.2. It provides that the model policy must include the following requirements: A. That athletic directors, coaches and other school personnel involved with school activities and athletics must be provided with training in the identification and management of concussive and other head injuries;B. That a student participating in a school athletic activity and the student's parent or legal guardian must review the school's policy on the management of concussive and other head injuries;C. That schools must use protocols and forms in the implementation of the policy on the management of concussive and other head injuries;D. That a student suspected of having sustained a concussive or other head injury in any activity or athletic practice or game must be removed from participation immediately and evaluated for brain injury prior to returning to the activity or practices and games; andE. That a student suspected of having sustained a concussion after an evaluation must be banned from further participation until the student has received written medical clearance from a licensed health care provider trained in concussion management for the student to begin the gradual resumption of participation in the activity or practices and games.3. It establishes that schools are required to adopt a policy on management of head injuries and begin implementation of the policy by January 1, 2013 and further provides that schools must gradually implement the policy during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years.4. It provides that the Commissioner of Education and school officials may share the model policy on the management of concussive and other head injuries, including the information, training, protocols and forms included in the policy, with statewide and local organizations that sponsor sports and athletics. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0654&item=1&snum=125
Title: S.P. 654
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| MS | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health to establish a school health pilot program based upon appropriate science-based wellness policies.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2752SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2752
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| PA | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to post on their websites guidelines and materials to inform and education student athletes, their coaches and others concerning the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. A participating student and the student's parent must sign a form acknowledging they have received and reviewed an informational sheet based on these guidelines. A student athlete who exhibits signs or symptoms of sudden cardia arrest must be removed from play and may not return to play until he or she is cleared to do so, in writing, by a licensed physician, certified registered nurse practitioner, or cardiologist.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1610&pn=3442
Title: H.B. 1610
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| RI | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Allows bus drivers and monitors to administer epinephrine under certain circumstances. Requires training. Allows for student possession of ephinephrine.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/SenateText12/S2173Aaa.htm
Title: S.B. 2173
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Urges support for access to immunization through school-based vaccination programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SJR0552.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 552
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Directs the department of education, in consultation with the Alabama Department of Public Health, to strongly encourage all public K-12 schools to participate in an influenza vaccination program that includes specified attributes.
Title: S.J.R. 11
Source:
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| AR | Adopted 04/2012 | P-12 | Amends rules governing nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols in Arkansas public schools.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.15.11-006F-12925.pdf
Title: AR ADC 005.15.15-1.0 to AR ADC 005.15.15-12.0
Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires independent sanctioning authorities for youth athletic teams and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to (1) adopt guidelines to educate coaches, youth athletes and their parents, and other stakeholders on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, (2) adopt bylaws or policies requiring parents to sign an informed consent on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, (3) adopt bylaws or policies requiring immediate removal from play of a student suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury, and (4) prohibiting return to play until the student submits written medical clearance from an appropriate health care practitioner. Directs the FHSAA to adopt bylaws for the establishment and duties of a sports medicine advisory committee with specified membership.
Bill text: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0291er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0291&Session=2012
Final bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h0291z.KINS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=0291&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 291
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides legislative findings and definitions, including "diabetes medical management plan" and "trained diabetes personnel". Directs the department of education, by August 1, 2012, to develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care of students with diabetes. Identifies components that such training guidelines must address. Requires local boards and each state chartered special school to ensure such training is provided to at least two school employees at each school serving a student with diabetes, and that information on recognizing diabetes-related emergency situations is provided to all bus drivers responsible for transporting a student with diabetes. Requires the parent of a student with diabetes to submit to the school a diabetes medical management plan that the school must implement. Delineates the functions that may be performed by school nurses or trained diabetes personnel. Authorizes a student to perform independent monitoring and treatment. Provides for immunity from civil liability. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/126950.pdf
Title: H.B. 879
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries. Requires the state board or its agency to develop guidelines or materials to inform student athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires removal from play of a student athlete suspected of having sustained a concussion during athletic practice or competition. Identifies actions required before an athlete with a suspected concussion or head injury may return to play. Directs the state board or its agency to adopt rules governing interscholastic athletics conducted by local boards to require each school participating in interscholastic athletics to develop a venue-specific emergency action plan to deal with serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the condition of the patient may deteriorate rapidly. Requires each school to submit annual written verification of the existence of a venue-specific emergency action plan to the state board or its agency.
Amends requirement that a student undergo medical exam prior to participating in any athletic activity or sport. Previous provision limited medical exam requirement to high school student athletes; amendment extends this requirement to all student athletes, regardless of grade level. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB281/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 281
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a lead poisoning prevention program. Requires a coordinated plan that includes blood-testing for elevated blood-lead levels if the child resides in a zip code with a high pevalence of children with elevated blood-lead levels. Requires an educational and community outreach plan. Facilitates early detection of (and response to) high blood-lead levels.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB1038.pdf
Title: L.B. 1038
Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enrolled in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2229.pdf
Title: H.B. 2229
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires local school boards to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every school. The school nurse, a school board employee, or an authorized and trained volunteer may adminster the epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill also requires the Department of Health, in conjunction the Department of Education and the Department of Health Professionals to develop and implement policies for the recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis in the school setting. This bill is identical to SB 656.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0787+pdf
Title: H.B. 1107/S.B. 656
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Revises statute on CPR education, requiring schools to use hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and training. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB1680.pdf
Title: S.B. 1680
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on AIDS curricula. Directs department to survey other state health departments' AIDS public outreach and education programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2414.pdf
Title: H.B. 2414
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Urges coaches of youth sports teams to take classes in first aid relative to the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HJR0023.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 23
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Allows a 180-day conditional enrollment period for students who need more than two doses of the required hepatitis B vaccine, to allow for proper spacing of the vaccine doses. Current law allows a 90-day conditional enrollment period for the completion of any immunization schedule.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB1089ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 1089
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 |
Expands the types of medications that a public or private school employee may administer to include topical medication, eye drops, and ear drops. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2247.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2247
Source: apps.leg.wa.gov
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| GA | Adopted 02/2012 | P-12 | Urges the Georgia Department of Education to implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes and the implementation of automated external defibrillators in the public schools. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/123191.pdf
Title: S.R. 590
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | Requires that the Oregon Health Authority develop and maintain a lead poisoning prevention clearinghouse on its website for public and private schools that provide instruc-
tion at levels kindergarten through grade 12 in order to provide these schools with information related to lead poisoning and prevention.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/hb4000.dir/hb4015.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 4015
Source: leg.state.or.us
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| VT | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Proposes to protect the health of students, custodial staff, and other building occupants by requiring the use in schools of safe cleaning products.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/bills/Passed/S-092.pdf
Title: S.B. 92
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AL | Issued 12/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the HIV/AIDS Prevention Task Force. Includes the state superintendent of education or designee among the membership. Charges the task force with researching and developing options to encourage statewide efforts to reduce cases of HIV/AIDS and to improve the overall health of Alabamians by adopting and promoting a statewide comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Direct Services Plan to the general public, state and local elected officials, various public and private organizations and associations, businesses and industries, agencies, potential funders and other community resources.
http://governor.alabama.gov/news/news_detail.aspx?ID=5951
Title: Executive Order 26
Source: governor.alabama.gov
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2011 | P-12 | Establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes. Requires the Departments of Education and Health to develop and post on their websites guidelines and relevant materials to inform mand educate students concerning head injuries. The Departments are to inlcude information provided by the Centers fo rDisease Control and Prevention. A student participating in interscholastic athletics and the student's parent/guardian must sign a form acknowledging they have receive and reviewed these guidelines. A student athlete who exhibits signs or symptoms of a concussion must be removed from plan and may not return to play until her or she is cleared to do so, in writing, by an appropriate medical professional. Imposes penalties. Defines "Appropriate medical professional" as all of the following: (1) A licensed physician who is trained in the evaluation and management of concussions or a licensed or certified health care professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions and designated by such licensed physician.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0200&pn=1637
Title: S.B. 200
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| AR | Adopted Regulations 10/2011 | P-12 | Revises the Hearing Services provider policy manual to allow school districts and education service cooperatives (ESCs) to perform certain audiology services within the school setting. Describes the participation criteria for schools and ESCs; the scope of services that schools and ESCs can provid; procedure codes that are non-payable to schools and ESCs; and the national place of service code that must be used to identify the school or ESC setting when billing Arkansas Medicaid. ARKANSAS REG 257467
Title: AR ADC 016.06.24-202.110; AR ADC 016.06.24-213.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-214.000; AR ADC 016.06.24-242.100, 110, 200, 310; AR ADC 016.06.35-500.000
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Until January 1, 2017, authorizes a school district, county office of education, or charter school to participate in a program to provide nonmedical school employees with voluntary emergency medical training to provide, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school or charter school, emergency medical assistance to pupils with epilepsy suffering from seizures, in accordance with guidelines developed by the state department of education in consultation with the state department of public health. Requires the state department of education to post these guidelines on its Web site by July 2012. Allows a parent or guardian of a pupil with epilepsy who has been prescribed an emergency antiseizure medication by the pupil's health care provider, to request the pupil's school to have one or more of its employees receive voluntary training in administering the emergency antiseizure medication, in the event that the pupil suffers a seizure when a nurse is not available. Requires a school district, county office of education, or charter school that elects to train school employees to ensure that the school or charter school distributes an electronic notice to all staff regarding the request. Authorizes the state department of education to include on its Web site a clearinghouse of best practices in training nonmedical personnel in administering an emergency antiseizure medication pursuant to these provisions. Makes various legislative findings and declarations, and states the intent of the legislature in enacting this measure. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_161_bill_20111007_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 161
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires a school district that elects to offer athletic programs to immediately remove from a school-sponsored athletic activity for the remainder of the day an athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury during that activity. Prohibits the return of the athlete to that activity until he/she is evaluated by, and receives written clearance from, a licensed health care provider. Requires a concussion and head injury information sheet to be signed and returned each year by the athlete and the athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice or competition. Provides these provisions do not apply to an athlete engaged in an athletic activity during the regular schoolday or as part of a physical education course. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_25_bill_20111004_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 25
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: States legislative intent to pursue every means necessary to ensure that the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (CAL-SCHLS) remains viable and urges the state
to pursue federal funding, grants, or other sources to ensure that school districts receive the necessary funding to support the CAL-SCHLS. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_18_bill_20110825_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.C.R. 18
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to notifications of bedbug infestations in New York City public schools. Adds guardians of potentially affected students to the individuals who must receive immediate notification when a bedbug infestation has been identified. Provides that if it has been determined that an infestation is contained within a discrete area, the principal may limit such notification to parents, persons in parental relationship or guardians of potentially affected students within such area, and must advise the parents' association of the scope of such notification. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07259&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 7259
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Until June 30, 2012, allows a county office of education, district governing board or charter school governing body to allow a student in grades 7-12 to conditionally attend school for up to 30 days if that pupil
has not been fully immunized with all pertussis boosters appropriate for the pupil's age if specified conditions are met. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_614_bill_20110725_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 614
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax exempt organization within the Department of Education.
Health Assessment - Allows certain medical professionals from military bases who are not licensed by the state to conduct health assessments in schools.
Data Collection Requirements - Eliminates the requirement that regional educational service centers collect and analyze data on school efforts to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Eliminates the requirement that superintendents submit data on the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the district to the regional educational service center and instead submit such data directly to the Commissioner of Education.
International Teachers - Requires that a teacher maintain a valid J-1 Visa issued by the United States Department of State as a condition of renewal of an international teacher permit.
Magnet Schools - Requires all interdistrict magnet schools to file annual financial audits with the education commissioner.
Charter Schools - Extends, from 75 to 90 days after it receives the application, the deadline for the State Board of Education to review and vote to approve or disapprove an application to establish a state charter school. Adds, as the most important factor in determining which newly approved charter schools are funded, the quality of the school's proposed program as measured against criteria required by the statutory charter school application process. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00179-R00SB-01039-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 1039
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Requires all of the state's public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Exempts boards of education, and supervisory agents of nonpublic schools and their agents, employees, or officers, acting without malice, in good faith, and in the scope of their employment or official duties, from any damage resulting from the failure to detect CO within a public school building. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00248-R00HB-05326-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5326
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, policies and bylaws of the Illinois High School Association. Requires that information on the local concussion and head injury policy must be included in any agreement, contract, code or other written instrument a district requires student athletes and parents to sign before participating in practice or interscholastic competition. Directs the Illinois High School Association to make available to all districts, including elementary school districts, educational materials describing the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that districts use such educational materials to educate coaches, student athletes and parents about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.
Authorizes and encourages any park district to make available to residents and users of park district facilities, including youth athletic programs, educational materials that describe the nature and risk of concussion and head injuries. Provides such materials may use materials developed by the Illinois High School Association. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0204.pdf
Title: H.B. 200
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires school boards to work with the Missouri State High School Activities Association to develop guidelines regarding concussions and head injuries.
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills111/billpdf/truly/HB0300T.PDF
Title: H.B. 300
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Adds an annual refresher course to the initial course requirement for coaches and volunteers, and encourages districts to have
school nurses complete a training course in concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Encourages districts to get student neuropsychological testing, computerized or otherwise. A youth athlete, who has been removed from play, may not return to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed physician who may consult with an athletic trainer, all of whom must be trained in the evaluation and management of concussions. The athlete must receive written clearance to play from the physician.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law11/law11237.htm
Title: H.B. 5440 and S.B. 0291 A
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information to inform parents and youth athletes on the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury. Requires the youth athlete and athlete's parent to annually sign a concussion and head injury information sheet before the youth athlete's initiating practice or competition. Requires each sports or recreational organization governing body to ensure that coaches receive annual training on recognizing the symptoms of a concussion and seeking proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion. Requires each sports or recreational organization to establish by rule the requirements of the training and timelines. Requires a youth athlete suspected of having a concussion to be immediately removed from participation and may not return to play until the athlete receives written clearance to return to play from a licensed physician.
Title: H.B. 108
Source:
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides an exception to the state's preemption of smoking regulation to authorize district school boards to restrict smoking by persons on school district property. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-108.pdf
Title: S.B. 1430
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| IL | Adopted 06/2011 | P-12 | Extends the date by which the Recess in Schools Task Force must submit its final report to December 31, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HJR/PDF/09700HJ0004lv.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned athletics. Explains procedures for when students sustain serious injuries.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760729
Title: H.B. 364
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sustaining a concussion. Addresses requirements which must be satisfied for a youth athlete to return to play after sustaining a concussion or head injury. Spells out requirements for the dissemination of concussion information by the Department of Health and Hospitals.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760519
Title: S.B. 189
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade levels qualifying for reduced-price meals in all schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program (NSBP). Provides that if appropriated funds are insufficient to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students qualifying for reduced-price meals, local child nutrition programs will charge the students qualifying for reduced-price meals the allowable amount for a reduced-price breakfast under the guidelines of the NSBP. Requires the State Board of Education to report by November 15, 2011, to the Legislature on an overview of the federally supported food service programs. Directs the state auditor to audit child nutrition services of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Title: S.B. 415
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:
1. That all coaches, school nurses, athletic directors, first responders, volunteers, students who participate in interscholastic athletic activities, and the parents of those students will annually receive a concussion and head injury information sheet. School employees, first responders, volunteers, and students must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before they can participate in interscholastic athletic activities, including tryouts, practices, or competition. Parents must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before their children can participate in any such interscholastic athletic activities.
2. If a student participating in an interscholastic athletic activity exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with concussion, the student must be removed from the activity at that time and not be allowed to return to play or practice that day. The student must not return to play or practice on a subsequent day until the student is evaluated by and receives written clearance for such participation.
3. That each school must develop a venue specific emergency action plan to deal with serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the condition of the patient may deteriorate rapidly. The plan shall include a delineation of roles, methods of communication, available emergency equipment, and access to and plan for emergency transport.
4. That each school must maintain complete and accurate records of its compliance with the requirements pertaining to head injuries. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H792v5.html
Title: H.B. 792
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals requirement that the healthy choices for healthy children council assist the department of health in developing a list of resources on health risks associated with weight status for distribution to parents. Repeals requirement that the state board establish a measure of whether a district or building is complying with a provision (section 3313.674) requiring students in certain grades to undergo screenings for body mass index and weight status category, or operating under a waiver from these requirements. Pages 32 and 34 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Health
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Repeals existing definition of "electronic textbook". Establishes new defintion of electronic textbook as any book or book substitute accessed via a computer or other electronic medium or that is available through an Internet-based provider of course content, or any other material that contributes to the learning process through electronic means. Clarifies that monies paid to districts via section 3317.024 may also be used to purchase (1) "computer hardware and related equipment", including computer tablets, and other mobile handheld devices; and their operating systems and accessories and (2) life-saving medical or other emergency equipment for placement in nonpublic schools within the district or to maintain such equipment.
Page 300-302 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Definitions for Purposes of District Purchases
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Defines "severe food allergy". Requires that a district request, upon a student's enrollment, parental disclosure of a food allergy or severe food allergy that, in the parent's judgment, should be disclosed to enable the district to take any necessary precautions regarding the child's safety, and specify the food the child is allergic to and the nature of the allergic reaction. Requires that districts maintain the confidentiality of this information, and disclose to teachers, school counselors, school nurses, and other appropriate school personnel only to the extent consistent with district policy and permissible under FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974). Requires that information on a child's food allergy be retained in a child's student records but not in the child's health record. Requires that documentation of a food allergy received from a physician be placed in a child's health record. Permits a registered nurse to enter notes about a potential food allergy in a child's health record. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00742F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 742
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Directs local boards and charter schools to adopt and administer a policy for the care of students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for anaphylaxis based on guidelines developed by May 2012 by the commissioner of state health services in consultation with an ad hoc committee. Requires that a district or charter school that adopted a policy before the development of these guidelines review and revise the policy as necessary to ensure the policy is consistent with the guidelines. Provides for the creation of an ad hoc committee to consult with the commissioner of state health services on the development of the guidelines. Establishes restrictions on the guidelines. Requires that the guidelines be posted on the Texas Education Agency Web site with any other information relating to students with special health needs. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00027F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 27
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00226F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 226
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a local board of trustees to appoint a representative of local domestic violence programs to the local school health advisory council. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 736
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing body of a school district shall consult with the state school activities association to develop and publish guidelines and other information to educate coaches, student athletes and parents of student athletes regarding the nature and risks of concussions. Guidelines developed under this section must include a description of the risks of return to play and standards for return to play. A student who is expected of having sustained a concussion during a practice or game is to be immediately removed from the practice or game and the student may not return to plan until having been evaluated and cleared for participation in writing by a qualifed person who has received training and is currently certified, as verified in writing or electronically by the qualified person, in the evaluation and management of concussions. "Qualified person" means either a licensed health care provider or a person acting at the direction and under the supervision of a licensed physician. Effective date 08/25/11.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0015Z&session=27
Title: H.B. 15
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Permits a school to receive and store auto-injectable epinephrine on behalf of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication if the parent or guardian provides certain written statements from the doctor and parent. Directs each local board to adopt a policy authorizing school personnel to administer auto-injectable epinephrine to a student, regardless of whether the student has a prescription. Directs local boards to provide school staff with information on recognizing the symptoms of anaphylactic shock and the correct method of administering auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides immunity to a school staff member who in good faith administers or chooses not to administer epinephrine to a student. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/116297.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: www.legis.ga.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to school corporations for distribution to schools to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that a high school student athlete and the student athlete's parent be given information concerning head injuries and concussions and return a form acknowledging receipt of the information to the student athlete's coach each year before beginning practice for a sport. Requires that a high school student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a head injury or concussion be removed from play at the time of the injury. Provides that the student athlete may not return to play until the student athlete has been evaluated and received written clearance from a licensed health care provider trained in evaluating head injuries. Provides that a health care provider who, as a volunteer in good faith and gratuitously, provides head injury evaluations to student athletes has immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions arising from the evaluations, except for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Effective 07/01/2011
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0093.1.html
Title: S.B. 93
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians of students on the risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires a county board of education to provide a specified information sheet to a student and parent or guardian for student and parent or guardian to sign. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_549_hb0858E.pdf
Title: H.B. 858
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide awareness to coaches, school personnel, students, and parents or guardians of students on the risk of concussions and head injuries; requiring county boards of education to provide specified information to students, parents, and guardians. Requires the removal from play of specified students or youth athletes under specified circumstances. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_548_sb0771E.pdf
Title: S.B. 771
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Beginning July 1, 2012, each school district and nonpublic school is required to ensure that the portion of its health curriculum which is related to sexual health includes instruction pertaining to the risks associated with adolescent sexual activity and the social, psychological, and physical health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity before and outside of marriage.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0467-06000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1229
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NE | Vetoed 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires each student entering kindergarten on and after July 1, 2011, to have undergone blood lead testing after the age
of eighteen months and before the age of four years or, in the case of a transfer student four years of age or older enrolling in the district for the first time, within six months prior to enrollment. Any student who does not comply is not to be permitted to continue in school until he or she so complies (lists exceptions). Requires each district to make diligent efforts to inform families prior to the date of school registration.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/AM/AM659.pdf
Title: L.B. 204
Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies concerning the prevention and treatment of injuries to the head sustained by pupils while participating in sports and other athletic activities and events. The policy must require that a pupil who sustains or is suspected of sustaining an injury to the head while participating in such activity or event: (1) be immediately removed from the activity or event; and (2) may not return to the the activity or event unless the parent or legal guardian of the pupil provides a written statement from a health care provider medically clearing the pupil to participate and the date on which the pupil may return to the activity. Annually, a pupil participating in interscholastic activites and his parent or legal guardian must sign a form acknowledging they have received a copy of the policy and understand its terms and conditions before the pupil may participate. The board of trustees of each school district is required to adopt a similar policy for participation in the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Certain organizations for youth sports in this State is required to adopt a similar policy.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB455_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 455
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the first AED received by a school to be placed in a location that can be readily accessed, which may include those areas used for physical education or activity.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1633.pdf
Title: H.B. 1633
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary and secondary students. Currently, students are required to have a minimum of 90 minutes of physical activity per instructional week.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0009.pdf
Title: H.B. 9
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | Relates to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. Requires vaccination of all entering students (rather than first-time students), unless the student is at least 30 years old or enrolled only in online or other distance learning courses. Defines "entering student". Clarifies procedures for a student to verify that s/he has received a vaccination or booster. Requires that postsecondary institutions provide students, before their initial enrollment, written notice of student or parent's right to claim an exemption from the vaccination requirement and of the importance of consulting a physician about the need for immunization to prevent the disease. Specifies that board of higher education rules must provide that the vaccination be received no later than the 10th day before the first day of the semester/term in which the student initially enrolls, unless the student is granted an extension by the institution. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB01107F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1107
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | This section defines and establishes the importance of avoiding and treating student concussions. Requires the development of statewide guidelines, forms and other materials (to be updated as needed) that are designed to educate coaches, youth athletes, and the parents and guardians of youth athletes regarding concussions. Requires school administrators to ensure that such information developed is provided to each youth athlete and family. Requires each youth athlete and a parent or guardian to annually sign a form acknowledging receipt of such information. Requires each coach to receive training no less than every two years. Prohibits coaches from permitting a youth athlete to train or compete if the athlete has been removed or prohibited from participating because of symptoms of a concussion until a licensed health care provider has provided written permission.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT058.pdf
Title: S.B. 100 - Sec. 39
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires districts to develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that includes recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and physical activities: (1) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency; (2) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and (3) A communicable disease. Requires athletic coaches to undergo training on above.
Creates a Public School Athletic Trainer Pilot Program. Directs the Department of Education to provide grants for providing a access to one or more athletic trainers to public schools in Arkansas through the two-year Public School Athletic Trainer Pilot Program. Defines scope of pilot program and requires reporting upon its completion.
Directs the Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Athletic Training in Public Schools to develop a web-based survey to be completed by each public school in Arkansas through the Department of Education website. The survey must include questions concerning: (1) The recruitment, hiring, and retention of athletic trainers; (2) Professional development and certification or licensure of athletic training personnel; and (3) Procedures and training on the recognition and management of the following events or conditions that may be encountered by a student during athletic training and activities: (A) A concussion, dehydration, or other health emergency; (B) An environmental issue that threatens the health or safety of students; and (C) A communicable disease.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1743.pdf
Title: H.B. 1743
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires school district governing boards to implement policies and procedures regarding concussions and head injuries of students participating in school-sponsored athletic activities. Chapter 167
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1521s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1521
Source: http://www.azleg.govf
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires districts and charter schools to adopt policies to incorporate time for physical activity into schedules for elementary students. Spells out the minutes required for physical activity based on the length of time students attend school.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9CF56533FEFE87598725780800800FBF?Open&file=1069_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1069
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Concerned with protecting students from concussions and other brain injuries. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF367.pdf
Title: S.F. 367
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MS | Vetoed 04/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes the state department of health to apply for federal grants and to provide an influenza vaccination school program for school-age children aged 5-18.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0868SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 868
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requirements that must be included in the program. The program must require that students be removed from competition and practice or training if they report or exhibit any sign or symptom of a concussion. Also requires that any student who is removed must be examined as soon as possible by a licensed, registered or certified health care provider and that the student does not return to competition or training until written permission is obtained by an authorized health care provider. Authorizes legislative management to study concussion management, including the nature, scope and applicability of programs designed to prevent or eliminate concussions.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0620-05000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2281
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| AR | To Governor 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that a licensed nurse employed by a school district or other healthcare professional shall annually train volunteer school personnel designated as care providers to administer Glucagon to a student with Type I diabetes. Provides that parents of students with Type I diabetes fill out a permission form.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1447.pdf
Title: H.B. 1447
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| KY | Adopted 03/2011 | P-12 | Encourages the state department of education, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky School Boards Association to work with the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentucky, and the American Lung Association to develop a plan to raise awareness among Kentucky public school personnel about the chronic health conditions of asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and severe allergies, how to recognize a chronic health condition episode, and the appropriate school responses to chronic health condition episodes. Encourages the Kentucky Department of Education, the department of public health, and the department of medicaid services to examine administrative regulations and agreements to remove barriers to collaboration and ensure consistency in the availability and provision of health services to students with chronic health conditions attending school in the state. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HR187/bill.doc
Title: H.R. 187
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High
School Activities Association, working with the Department of Education, will develop guidelines to inform and educate member schools, coaches, athletes, and the parents or guardians of athletes, of the nature and risk of concussion, including continuing to play after sustaining a concussion.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB149ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 149
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Creates the "Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act". Includes public or private school in the definition of "amateur sports organization", and includes in definition of "agent" a coach, teacher, employee, representative, or volunteer in the organization. Includes in definition of "sporting event" a physical education class, practice or game/competition. Requires an amateur sports organization to (1) adopt and enforce a concussion and head injury policy that includes specified components; (2) ensure that each agent of the amateur sports organization is familiar with the policy; and (3) inform a parent or legal guardian of the policy and obtain the parent's or legal guardian's signature on the policy before permitting a child to participate in a sporting event. Requires immediate removal of a child from a sporting event when the child is suspected of sustaining a concussion or traumatic head injury. Prohibits a child suspected of sustaining a concussion or traumatic head injury from participating in a sporting event of the amateur sports organization until the child receives medical clearance from a qualified health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of a concussion. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/htmdoc/hbillhtm/HB0204S01.htm
Title: H.B. 204
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Expresses support for increased participation by children in outdoor activities and support policies that promote outdoor activities for Utah's children. Requires that a copy of this resolution be sent to, among other recipients, the state office of education. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/hbillenr/hcr007.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 7
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Extends the public school vision screening from age 7 to age 8. Authorizes the division of services for the blind and visually impaired (in the state office of education) to work with health care professionals, teachers, and vision screeners to develop protocols that parents, teachers or vision screeners may use to help identify a child with conditions not detected in a vision screening, such as problems with eye focusing, eye tracking, visual perceptual skills, visual motor integration and convergence insufficiency. Once these protocols are developed, requires the division to develop language re: the aforementioned vision problems to be included in a notice to parents that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye exam and vision evaluation by an eye doctor. Provides limited immunity to volunteer vision screeners who are trained or supervised by the State Office of Education. Requires the department of health to develop a process to notify a parent or guardian if a child fails the vision screening or needs follow-up care. http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0067.pdf
Title: S.B. 67
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Allows licensed nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians, registered nurses or local health department employees, to immunize public school students and to provide proof of such immunizations. Also, provides that a licensed nurse practitioner may provide written certification that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health for purposes of compliance with health requirements for public school students, home-instructed children and children exempted or excused from school attendance.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0125+pdf
Title: H.B. 2291
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model protocol and to assist school districts in developing protocols for addressing risks associated with concussions and other head injuries from school athletics. Requires school districts to adopt protocols to address risks associates with concussions and other head injuries, to include training of coaches and trainers, restrictions on a student's participation in athletics after suffering a concussion or head inqury and provision of related information to students and parents. Chapter 0190
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2011/engross/SF0038.pdf
Title: S.F. 38
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health to develop and administer a random survey of students in public middle and high schools to facilitate planning and implementation of effective programs for substance abuse prevention through collection of information identifying trends in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and the assessment of risk and protective factors among youth of the Commonwealth. The bill provides that a student shall not be required to participate if his parents refuse consent in writing prior to administration of the survey, and requires local school boards to develop policies for the notification of parents of students selected for participation in the survey.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1094ER+pdf
Title: S.B. 1094
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2010 | P-12 | 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 that a parent submit such a plan to a school for any student with diabetes who seeks assistance with diabetes care in the school setting after the effective date of this act. (If a student has been managing his/her diabetes care in the school setting before the effective date of this act, makes submission of such a plan optional.) Establishes required content of a diabetes care plan, as well as parameters for the services and accommodations that may be specified in a diabetes care plan. Requires that a diabetes care plan be submitted to the school at specified instances, including after a student's diagnosis, and when a student's care needs change during the school year.
Defines "delegated care aide" as a school employee who has agreed to receive training in diabetes care and to assist students in implementing their diabetes care plan, and who has entered into an agreement with a parent and the district or private school. Establishes responsibilities and powers of delegated care aides. Requires that principals facilitate compliance with the provisions of a diabetes care plan. Requires all school employees in a school with a student who has diabetes to receive training in (1) the basics of diabetes care, (2) how to identify when a student with diabetes needs immediate or emergency medical attention, and (3) whom to contact in an emergency. Specifies points on which delegated care aides must be trained to assist a student with diabetes in accordance with his/her diabetes care plan. Requires that initial training for school employees and delegated care aides (1) be provided by a licensed healthcare provider with expertise in diabetes or a certified diabetic educator and individualized by a student's parent or guardian; (2) be consistent with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines; and (3) be updated when the diabetes care plan is changed and at least annually. Authorizes school nurses or health care providers to provide technical assistance or consultation to delegated care aides.
Requires that an information sheet be provided to any school employee who transports a student for school-sponsored activities; establishes required content of an information sheet. Authorizes a student who is permitted by his/her diabetes care plan to perform specified functions, and to possess at all times the supplies and equipment necessary to monitor and treat diabetes. Bars a district from restricting the assignment of a student with diabetes to a particular school because the school does not have a full-time school nurse; bars a school from denying a student access to any school or school-related activities because a student has diabetes. Provides protections against retaliation and civil immununity to school employees under specified circumstances. Effective date December 1, 2010.
Bill text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1485.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB6065gms.pdf (Amendatory Veto Overridden in Both Houses)
Title: H.B. 6065
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Creates a Recess in Schools Task Force. Charges the task force with examining the barriers facing schools in providing daily recess to every age-appropriate student, and making recommendations
for overcoming those obstacles. Directs the task force to submit a final report to the general assembly by January 1, 2011 with its recommendations for bringing recess back to the maximum number
of students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SJR/PDF/09600SJ0080lv.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 80
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Adopted 11/2010 | P-12 | States the House of Representatives' support for school-based influenza mass vaccination collaborations among local health departments and elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdictions for the purpose of vaccinating school-age children against influenza in accordance with the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the annual vaccination of all school-age children 5 through 18 years of age. Further resolves that these vaccinations be voluntary for all participants, and be administered only with the consent of the student's parent or guardian. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HR/PDF/09600HR1165lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 1165
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Provides for the possession and use of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors by students within school entities. Requires each school entity to amend its written policy on allergy medication to include both asthma inhaler and epi-pen usage. Must comply with federal requlations and entities must develop a method for students to demonstrate competence.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389
Title: H.B. 101- Section 1414.1
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Requires that local policies include food allergy. Also requires the department to provide certain notifications to schools and to colaborate with advisory health councils to develope guidelines for managing life-threatening food allergies in schools.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389
Title: H.B. 101- Sections 1422.1, 1422,3
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
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| ME | Issued 10/2010 | P-12 | Directs the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency to coordinate with the department of health and human services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the department of education, and the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in the designation of appropriate health care personnel to distribute and administer H1N1 influenza vaccines in participating school-based vaccination clinics. Expires on February 28, 2011, unless earlier rescinded. http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov_Executive_Orders&id=142592&v=Article
Title: E.O. 05 FY 11/12
Source: www.maine.gov
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| NY | Vetoed 10/2010 | P-12 | -Requires the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to make an annual report to the governor and legislature on outdoor playspace in New York city public schools. Requires that the report identify: --Each outdoor playground at an educational facility
--Which outdoor playgrounds are and are not used for physical education, activity or recreation (and for those not used for physical education, activity or recreation, the reason why not)
--A description of how each outdoor playground is used during the school day and after school by the district's students
--For each outdoor playground, a description of the capital plans for its construction, placement, renovation and/or reconfiguration, and any plan to increase or decrease the playground's availability and utilization
--Any other facts or recommendations the chancellor deems necessary to improve the outdoor playgrounds of the district's educaional facilities.
Title: S.B. 2485
Source:
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | From bill summary: Beginning January 1, 2014, requires all schoolsites to adopt an integrated pest management program as established, administered, and enforced by the department of pesticide regulation. Also requires, beginning January 1, 2012, that the rate of the assessment on registered pesticide products be augmented to reimburse the department, local agencies and school districts for the cost of adopting integrated pest management programs at schoolsites. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1157_bill_20100831_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z5vptbqb0jt1jc?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z5vz87s2cpa0wu&_ce=1286395134.0b174e451e0d03aba243458b712ba697
Title: S.B. 1157
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12
Community College | From bill analysis: Authorizes a physician's assistant to:
(1) Certify that teacher certification or renewal candidates are free from any contagious or communicable disease or other disabling disease or defect
(2) Conduct tuberculosis exams for individuals initially employed by a district in certificated or classified positions
(3) Order medications for any pupil to take during the regular school day and provide written statements to the school district detailing information about the medication
(4) Certify the results of a determination of a child's vision to be presented by a parent to the school district for waiving a required vision assessment of school-aged children.
(5) Perform a physical exam of a student participating in an interscholastic athletic program
(6) Conduct a medical exam and certify that an applicant for an academic position at a community college district is free from any communicable disease, including tuberculosis.
(7) Conduct a medical exam and certify that a retirant applicant of a community college district is free from any disabling disease.
(8) Conduct a medical exam and certify that anyone who wishes to be employed in an academic or classified position at a community college is free of active tuberculosis
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1069_bill_20100929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Permits specified health care professionals acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer immunizations to students through a school immunization program (existing law already allows physicians, surgeons and registered nurses to administer immunizations through such programs). Specifies conditions that must be met for any specified health care professional to administer immunizations. Specifies immunizations that a health care practitioner may be permitted to administer. Expresses legislative intent to encourage school-based immunization programs, when feasible, to use the California Immunization Registry to assist providers to track patient records, reduce missed opportunities, and to help fully immunize all children in the state. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1937_bill_20100827_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1937
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Clarifies provisions related to student self-administration of asthma medication or student use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that for a school to permit a student with asthma to use an epinephrine auto-injector, written authorization must come from the student's physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. Provides that for a school to permit a student with asthma to self-administer medication or use an epinephrine auto-injector, the student's parents must provide the school with the prescription label, which must contain the name of the medication, the prescribed dosage, and the time at which or circumstances under which the medication is to be administered. Specifies that a district or nonpublic school must give parents written notification of the fact that (and require parents to sign a statement acknowledging that) a school district and its employees incur no liability as a result of any injury arising from a student's self-administration of medication or use of an epinephrine auto-injector, regardless of whether authorization was given by the student's parents or guardians or by the student's physician, physician's assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5836lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5836
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Requires at least one employee at a child day care facility or family day care home to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A7923&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 7923
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Applicable only to New York City: Requires public school principals to immediately notify parents of any bedbug infestations found in a school. Also requires the principal to include information on proper procedures to prevent further infestations at the school and to prevent the transfer of bedbugs from the school to students' homes. Provides such information may be developed by the board of education in consultation with other city agencies and must be available in various languages as deemed necessary. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A05434&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 5434
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Provides that one of the purposes of the newly-established Healthy Schools Fund is to make competitive grants available to public schools and charter schools to increase physical activity in schools. Establishes goal that children engage in physical activity for 60 minutes each day. Directs public and charter schools to seek to maximize physical activity by such means as: (1) Extending the school day; (2) Encouraging students to walk or bike to school; (3) Promoting active recess; (4) Including physical activity in after-school activities; (5) Supporting athletic programs; and (6) Integrating movement into classroom instruction. Establishes minimum minutes per week that physical education must be provided for students in grades K-5 and 6-8, with greater amounts required beginning in the 2014-15 school year. Requires that at least 50% of physical education class time be devoted to actual physical activity, with as much class time as possible spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Directs the state board of education, with assistance from the office of the state superintendent of education, to consider ways to expand physical education in high schools. Provides for adaptations for students with disabilities and students with other diagnosed health problems. Prohibits requiring or withholding physical activity from being used as a punishment. Directs the department of parks and recreation to provide public schools and charter schools with equal access and to charge equal fees for the use of its recreation centers, fields, playgrounds and other facilities. Beginning in 2011, directs the office of the state superintendent of education to annually report to the mayor, the council, and the Healthy Schools and Youth Commission on (1) compliance of public schools and charter schools with the physical and health education requirements in this title and (2) student achievement with respect to health and physical education standards.
Pages 9-10 of 19: http://www.dccouncil.us/images/00001/20100510112429.pdf
Title: L.B. 18-564 - Physical Education and Physical Activity
Source: www.dccouncil.us
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with parents, students, food service providers, and community organizations to adopt local wellness policies and update them at least once every three years. Requires local wellness policies to include goals for (1) improving the environmental sustainability of schools; (2) increasing the use of locally grown, locally processed, and unprocessed foods from growers engaged in sustainable agriculture practices; and (3) increasing physical activity. Requires a copy of each school's local wellness policy to be (1) posted on the school's Web site, if it has one; (2) distributed to food service staff members; (3) distributed to the school's parent/teacher organization, if it has one; (4) made available in each school's office.
By January 15 of each year, requires all schools and charter schools to report specified information on health programs, nutrition programs, physical and health education, and its wellness policy to the office of the state superintendent of education. Health program information that schools must report includes reporting whether the school has full-time, part-time, or no nurse coverage; whether the school has a school-based mental health program or offers similar services on site; whether there is a certified health teacher on staff; and whether there is a school-based health center. Requires a plan to establish and operate school health
centers in public schools and charter schools by December 31, 2015. Requires that the plan be submitted to the mayor, the council, and the Healthy Schools and Youth Commission by December 31, 2010. Specifies that the square footage of a nurse's suite may not be a determining factor as to whether or not a school nurse is placed at a charter school; provided, that all other conditions as required by the department of health are met. Amend the Student Health Care Act of 1985 to change the requirements for certificates of health that students must provide.
Amends sections 18-2148 and 20-900 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to prohibit vehicles from idling near schools.
Pages 10, 13-16 of 19: http://www.dccouncil.us/images/00001/20100510112429.pdf
Title: LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness
Source: www.dccouncil.us
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| DC | Adopted 07/2010 | P-12 | Establishes the Healthy Youth and Schools Commission to advise the mayor and the council on health, wellness and nutritional issues concerning youth and schools in the District. Includes among the functions of the commission: (1) reviewing and advising on the best practices in health, wellness and nutrition programs across the U.S.; (2) making recommendations on enhancing the collaborative relationship between the District government, the federal government, the University of the District of Columbia, local nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, and the private sector in connection with health, wellness and nutrition; and (3) identifying gaps in funding and services, or methods of expanding services to District residents. Directs the commission to annually submit to the mayor and the council a comprehensive report on the health, wellness and nutrition of youth and schools in the District; provides that the report must include recommendations on how to further improve the health, wellness and nutrition of youth and schools in the District. Pages 16-18 of 19: http://www.dccouncil.us/images/00001/20100510112429.pdf
Title: L.B. 18-564 - Healthy Youth and Schools Commission
Source: www.dccouncil.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | Directs the state board of education to develop and maintain a nutrition and physical activity best practices database, to contain the results of any wellness-related fitness testing done by school districts, as well as information on successful programs and policies implemented by districts designed to improve nutrition and physical activity in the public and charter schools. Provides this information may include (i) a description of the program or policy, (ii) advice on implementation, (iii) any assessment of the program or policy, (iv) a contact person from the district, and (v) any other information the state board deems appropriate. Requires that the database be readily accessible to all districts statewide. Directs the state board to encourage districts to submit information to the database, but specifies that no district is required to submit information. Provides the state board may adopt rules necessary for administration of the database. Provides that the requirements of the state board of education to establish the database become effective once the state board has secured all of the funding necessary to implement it. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1223.pdf
Title: S.B. 3706
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Allows a student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis may carry and self-administer a prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplement while in school, participating in school-sponsored activities, or in transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities if the school has been provided with authorization from the student's parent and prescribing practitioner. Requires the state board of education, in cooperation with the department of health, to adopt rules for the use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplements which include provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of the supplements. Indemnifies a school district, county health department, public-private partner, and their employees and volunteers for any and all liability with respect to the student's use of the supplements. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2010-184.pdf
Title: S.B. 166
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Provides that comprehensive health education taught in public schools shall include component on teen dating violence and abuse for students in grades 7-12; requires district school boards to adopt and implement dating violence and abuse policy; requires the state department of education to develop model policy; requires school personnel training. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0467er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0467&Session=2010
Title: H.B. 467
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council. Directs the council to:
(1) Monitor progress in improving student health and wellness
(2) Make periodic policy recommendations to the state board of education on ways to improve the nutritional standards for food and beverages served in public schools
(3) Make periodic recommendations to the department of education for the development of a clearinghouse of best practices in the areas of student nutrition, physical activity for students, and body mass index (BMI) screenings
(4) Assist the department of health in developing a list of resources on health risks associated with weight status, for distribution to parents
(5) Regularly review developments in science and nutrition to inform recommendations to the state board and department of education.
Requires the department of education, upon receipt of the council's initial recommendations, to establish a clearinghouse of best practices that schools may use to promote student health. Directs the department to update the clearinghouse as needed to reflect subsequent council recommendations.
Establishes new Section 3313.674, which requires students in kindergarten, 3rd, 5th and 9th grades to undergo a BMI and weight status category screening. Allows parents to opt their child out of screening requirement. Requires parents of each screened student to be notified of any health risks associated with the student's results and to be provided with information about appropriately addressing the risks. Requires local boards/charter school governing authorities to report aggregated BMI and weight status category data and any other demographic data required by the director of health, to the department of health. Allows a local board/governing authority to obtain a waiver from this requirement.
Directs the department of education to issue an annual report on public schools' compliance with new Section 3313.674. Establishes new Section 3313.6016, which directs the department of education, beginning in the 2011-12 school year, to administer a pilot program requiring daily physical activity for students. Permits any district, charter school, STEM school or nonpublic school to choose to participate; if a district elects to participate, requires all buildings operated by that district to participate. Specifies that participating schools must require students (grades K-12) to engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate to rigorous physical activity, not including recess, and that physical activity as part of a physical education course or before- or after-school activity may count towards this requirement. Identifies students excused from this requirement, including among others kindergarten students not enrolled in a full-day kindergarten program. Requires participating districts or schools to report to the department how the 30 minutes of daily physical activity was implemented and the financial cost of implementation; requires the department to issue an annual report of this data.
By December 31, 2011, directs the state board of education to develop a measure of (1) student success in meeting benchmarks in the physical education standards; (2) compliance with the requirements for local wellness policies prescribed by the federal "Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004"; (3) whether a school or district is complying with or operating under a waiver from Section 3313.674; and (4) whether a district or building is participating in the physical activity pilot program established through new Section 3313.6016. Requires the measure to be included in building and district report cards, beginning with report cards issued for the 2012-13 school year, but specifies that the measure will not be a factor in performance ratings issued. Permits the department to accept, receive and expend gifts, devises or bequests of money for the purpose of establishing this measure.
Amends high school graduation requirements to require the half-unit of health to include instruction in nutrition and the benefits of nutritious foods and physical activity for overall health.
Requires that each public, charter and STEM school teacher hired after July 2013 to teach physical education holds a valid license for teaching physical education.
Pages 1-14, 22 and 28-29 of 32: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_SB_210_EN_N.pdf
Title: S.B. 210, Part I
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Requires that the physical education curriculum be sequential, developmentally appropriate, and designed, implemented, and evaluated to enable students to develop the motor and self-management skills and knowledge necessary to participate in physical activity throughout life. Requires that each district establish specific objectives and goals the district intends to accomplish through the physical education curriculum. Directs the state board to ensure that the Priority Academic Student Skills for physical education:
1. Emphasizes the knowledge and skills capable of being used during a lifetime of regular physical activity;
2. Is consistent with national physical education standards for the information that students should learn about physical activity, and
the physical activities that students should be able to perform;
3. Requires that, on a weekly basis, at least fifty percent (50%) of the physical education class be used for actual student physical activity and that the activity be, to the extent practicable, at a moderate or vigorous level. Sets other expectations.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1876_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1876
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Directs the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with the department of health, to make Lyme disease awareness and prevention resources available for all public school students in the state. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10087.htm
Title: H.B. 7418A, S.B. 2265B
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Requires the department of education and the department of health to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to inform coaches, youth athletes, and their parents on the nature and risk of concussion and head injury. Requires that the youth athlete and the athlete's parent sign and return a concussion and head injury information sheet before the youth athlete's return to practice or competition. Requires that districts use training materials made available by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and that the department of education post CDC training materials on its Web site. Requires all coaches, trainers, and volunteers involved in a youth sport or activity to complete a training course in concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Encourages districts to have all student athletes baseline or "impact" tested before the start of every sport season. Requires that parents be provided with information on the risk of concussion and/or traumatic brain injuries before the start of every sport season, and that they sign an acknowledgement of receipt of such information. Requires that a youth athlete suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a practice or game be removed from competition at that time. Prohibits a youth athlete who has been removed from play from returning to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed physician and receives written clearance from him/her to return to play. Encourages all districts to have an athletic trainer or similarly trained person at all recreational and athletic events. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10022.htm
Title: H.B. 7036, S.B. 2034
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | This act would require school districts to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to develop guidelines for educating coaches and players in youth sports about the risks associated with concussions.
http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us/BillStatus/WebClass1.ASP?WCI=Bills&WCE=BillEvent&WCU=H7036Aaa
Title: H.B. 7036
Source: http://dirac.rilin.state.ri.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Directs the department of health and environmental control to implement a targeted community program for dental health education, screening, and treatment referral in the public schools for children in kindergarten, 3rd, 7th, and 10th grades or upon entry into a public school; requires the department to target 3 to 5 counties of need; requires the school nurse/designee to notify and advise the child's parent or guardian to seek further professional attention for the child if indicated by the screening; requires, upon receipt of written permission from the parent or guardian, the school also to notify the community oral health coordinator who will serve as a facilitator if further attention is needed upon completion of the screening. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/286.htm
Title: S.B. 286
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Expands the types of health professionals who may certify a pupil has a chronic health problem. Adds physician assistants, nurse practitioners, podiatrists and chiropractors. Prohibits school personnel from authorizing absences for or recommending, prescribing or providing medications to a pupil with a chronic health problem without prior consent from the pupil's parent or guardian. Chapter 223
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2080h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2080
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Requires coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics to complete annual training regarding the recognition of and dangers associated with concussions; Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics, an organization representing licensed athletic trainers, and an organization representing county medical associations, to develop or approve such training course; Requires student athletes to get medical clearance before returning to athletic activity after sustaining a concussion or head injury. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/Pa/pdf/2010PA-00062-R00SB-00456-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 456
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Prohibits a school district from restricting the assignment of a student who has diabetes to a particular school on the basis that the student has diabetes, that the school does not have a full-time school nurse, or that the school does not have trained diabetes personnel; authorizes a student to manage diabetes while in school, at school-sponsored activities, or in transit to and from school or school-sponsored activities with written authorization from the parent and physician; directs the state board of education, in cooperation with the department of health, to adopt rules (1) to encourage every school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled to have personnel trained in routine and emergency diabetes care and (2) for the management and care of diabetes by students in schools that include provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of diabetic supplies or equipment; provides indemnification for specified employees, volunteers and entities.
Title: H.B. 747
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Diabetes and Health Improvement Act of 2010. Establishes the Diabetes Control Grant Program. Provides for an advisory committee. Directs the committee, among other duties, to provide grants to middle schools and high schools to promoted diabetes prevention and understanding. Provides this code section is subject to appropriation from the general assembly. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb435.pdf
Title: S.B. 435
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities for students to be physically active and make healthy food choices throughout the day. The program seeks to integrate physical activity into nonphysical education classes, recess, and extracurricular activities throughout the day in addition to the physical education received in physical education classes. The program also seeks to integrate nutrition education and healthy food and beverage choices throughout the school environment, including classrooms, cafeteria, vending, school stores, and fund-raising. The program requirements align with the Institute of Medicine's guidelines for school food and beverages.
School districts may submit letters of intent to participate in the healthy kids awards program to the commissioner of education by September 15 of each school year. Schools that report to the commissioner of education and meet the program criteria developed by the commissioner will have a "Healthy Kids Award" indicator placed on the school report card.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2908.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2908
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Requires the school board of each school district to develop and implement a policy to address air quality in schools.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1265.html
Title: H.B. 1265
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Prohibits the use of certain pesticides, characterized by various toxic properties, for day care center and school outdoor applications.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S04983&Summary=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 4983
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Directs school district boards to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches, youth athletes, and parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury; provides that a youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury during a practice or game shall be removed from participation at that time; provides that a youth athlete must be evaluated by a health care provider prior to returning to participation.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1700_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1700
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Requires offering of approved instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to pupils enrolled in high school grades in the school district, charter school, or private school (Act 273).
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act273.pdf
Title: A.B. 725
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | 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 because of a threat to the health or safety of pupils or school personnel, and within 24 hours of reopening a closed school, to notify the Department of Public Instruction that the school was closed; provides that the first notice must include the reason for the closure and the second must specify the number of days the school was closed.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-379.pdf
Title: S.B. 379
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| CA | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Encourages schools and districts to take proactive and preventative steps to create healthy school environments, including training staff on best maintenance practices, developing and implementing
self-assessments and indoor environmental quality management plans, using less toxic cleaning products, implementing integrated pest management programs, and ensuring adequate ventilation, as recommended by the state air resources board and the state department of public health. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/acr_145_bill_20100430_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.C.R. 145
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires the department to determine which screenings should be performed and establishes a method for gathering student health data for schools. Allows an exemption from health inspections if a student provides written documentation from a doctor stating that the child recently has been inspected. Parents also may opt out of the screenings.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=9673
Title: L.B. 713
Source: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov
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| NH | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | This bill requires annual investigation of air quality in public schools. This bill also requires the department of education to implement the Tools for Schools program in public schools.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1289.html
Title: H.B. 1289
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age who are in school with educational materials on influenza and immunizations therefor. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00775&Summary=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 775
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec. | Authorizes institutions within the State System of Higher Education to be designated as tobacco free; provides for adoption of a policy by the institution.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2748_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 2748
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OR | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Directs Department of Education to establish pilot program for purpose of providing comprehensive vision screenings to students; sunsets June 30, 2011; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 88
http://www.leg.state.or.us/10ss1/measpdf/hb3600.dir/hb3626.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3626A
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires all K-12 public schools to have automated defibrillator devices (AEDs) on-site. Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to receive grants and donations to help off-set the cost of AEDs. Classifies misuse or abuse of an AED on school property as disorderly conduct and subjects such students to disciplinary action.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2505.pdf
Title: S.B. 2505
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed by Governor 04/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the "Kristen K. Hunter Infection Control Act," which will require the department of health to issue an annual advisory to the department of education explaining the risks of community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and providing guidance on the most current methods on recognizing and preventing such infections. The departments will be required to post links to the information contained in the advisory and the advisory will be distributed to primary and secondary schools and early childhood programs.
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/billinfo/BillSummaryArchive.aspx?BillNumber=SB3828&ga=106
Title: S.B. 3828
Source: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Requires the Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practices provided by local school districts. Authorizes the Department to determine the time, location and frequency with which the trainings are held. Requires certain district personnel to attend the trainings. Regulations must include
(a) Healthy food and beverage choices;
(b) Healthy food preparation;
(c) Marketing of healthy food choices to students and staff;
(d) Food preparation ingredients and products;
(e) Minimum and maximum time allotment for students and staff lunch and breakfast periods;
(f) The availability of food items during the lunch and breakfast periods of the Child Nutrition School Breakfast and Lunch Programs; and
(g) Methods to increase participation in the Child Nutrition School Breakfast and Lunch Programs.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1079SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to provide financial incentives to schools receiving recognition through the Healthier Schools Initiative. Requires local school districts to include relevant information on web sites and to provide technical assistance. Requires application review by the department of agriculture. Authorizes schools to modify applications that are not approved. Relates to promotion of good nutrition and physical activity.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1078SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Provides the state board of education may, and local boards and charter schools must adopt rules prohibiting the use, possession or distribution of an electronic cigarette on school property or during school-sponsored activities. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0088.pdf
Title: H.B. 88
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to vision screening in schools. Amends provisions to further clarify that free vision screening in schools is for children aged 3 1/2 to 7. Authorizes districts to provide free vision screening for children ages 8 and older, establish guidelines for administering a free vision screening programs, and establish penalties for a violation of certain provisions related to free vision screenings. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0144.pdf
Title: S.B. 144
Source: le.utah.gov
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes administration of a nonprescription drug product; relates to such drugs that are supplied by the pupil's parent or guardian in the original manufacturer's package, and the package lists the ingredients and recommended therapeutic dose in a legible format; relate to bus drivers and administration of glucagon to diabetics. (Act No. 160)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/asmhome.htm
Title: S.B. 414
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health develop, with input from the localities, a plan for the prompt vaccination of all children who attend a public or private school in the Commonwealth or who are home instructed but subject to vaccination requirements, upon the declaration of an emergency or epidemic of a vaccine-preventable disease by the Board of Health, and to review and update such plans triennially.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB270ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 270
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WI | Signed into law 02/2010 | P-12 | The purpose of the statute on instruction in human growth and development instruction is to encourage all school boards to ensure that pupils in their districts are provided ageappropriate instruction in human growth and development. The Act provides that the instruction should
support and enhance communication between pupils and their parents and provide pupils with the knowledge, skills, and support necessary to make healthy decisions now and throughout their lifetimes and to make responsible decisions about sexual behavior. The Act defines "age-appropriate" as suitable to a particular age group of pupils based on the developing cognitive and emotional capacity of and behaviors typical for the age group. a school board that elects not to provide an instructional program in human growth and development must, by September 30 of each school year, send home to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district a notice that includes all of the following:
-- A statement that the school board is encouraged by state statute to provide instruction in human growth and development in grades kindergarten to 12.
-- The subjects of instruction required if the school board were to provide instruction in human
growth and development.
-- A statement that the school board is not providing any instruction in human growth and
development to pupils enrolled in the school district.
Eliminates the prohibition on volunteer health care providers providing instruction on human sexuality, reproduction, family planning, HIV and AIDS, prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, available prenatal and postnatal support, and male and female responsibility in a school.
Link to Act memo: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/lc_act/act134-ab458.pdf. To full text: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/AB-458.pdf
Title: A.B. 458
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Differentiates between an indoor and outdoor "physical fitness facility" owned or operated by a public or private elementary or secondary school, college, university, or technical or trade school. Specifies that an outdoor physical fitness facility must have an automated external defibrillator (AED) as well as a trained AED user. Requires that the trained AED user be available only during activities or events sponsored and conducted or supervised by a person or persons employed by the school, college or university. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1371lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1371
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education. Defines membership and duties of task force.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A1500/1145_I1.PDF
Title: S.B. 2491
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| WI | Signed into law 12/2009 | P-12 | Relates to liability of volunteer health care providers providing services for a nonprofit agency, a school board or governing body; includes podiatrists, chiropractors, certified dietitians, pharmacy technicians and physical therapists as eligible volunteer health care providers; provides that such volunteers shall be considered state agents of the Department of Health Services for liability matters regardless of whether they have coverage under a policy of health care liability insurance. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act93.pdf
Title: S.B. 80
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes the governing board of each school district maintaining a high school to provide for the annual cleaning and sterilization of wrestling equipment as specified by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education. Provides the agencies would be required to develop and approve, respectively, information and guidelines on the prevention of communicable diseases at school sites, including the maintenance of locker rooms, athletic equipment, and synthetic ground covers used for athletic fields and ways to minimize the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and meningococcal disease.. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to post the information and guidance on the department Web site. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_212_bill_20090904_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_212_vt_20091011.html
Title: S.B. 212
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires the department of public health to develop information about meningococcal disease, including information pertaining to children between the ages of 11-18, by April 2010. Authorizes the state Department of Education to add this information to any health education material sent home to parents of students who are at least 11 years of age. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_249_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 249
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2009 | P-12 | Provides legislative findings and declarations on nutrition and health in children's early years. Requires the superintendent of public instruction to establish a minimum 12-month pilot program in which selected child care centers and day care homes participating in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program must implement certain nutrition and physical activity standards in exchange for a higher state meal reimbursement. Requires the department of education to design and implement the program. Requires the department to contract with an independent agency within a year of the conclusion of the program to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the pilot program, and for the evaluation results to be sent to senate and assembly education committees. Identifies components that must be included in the evaluation.
Provides that this program will only be implemented if the superintendent determines that non-General Fund funding sources, including, but not limited to, federal funding or grant sources, are available to
implement it. Establishes January 2015 repeal date. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_627_bill_20090910_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_627_vt_20091012.html
Title: A.B. 627
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NV | Rule Adoption 10/2009 | P-12 | Revises and repeals provisions governing courses of instruction for health.
www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl
Title: NAC 389.2423, .2944, .281, .381, .455
Source: www.leg.state.nv.us
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| TX | Adopted 10/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning the control of communicable diseases requiring exclusion from schools. Deletes the references to child-care facilities because the department of state health services has no authority to exclude children from child-care facilities. Adds reference to infections (wounds, skin and soft tissue) to section on conditions requiring exclusion of student from school, and conditions and readmission criteria. The new provision creates an additional condition for which children may be excluded from schools to prevent the transmission of bacterial infections, especially antibiotic-resistant staphylococcal infections. Adopted as proposed in May 29, 2009 Register (pages 7-9 of 21): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0529/0529prop.pdf
Title: 25 TAC 1.97.A.97.7
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law requires that pupils of public and private schools, be offered the opportunity to receive, within the school year, the topical application of fluoride or other
decay-inhibiting agent to the teeth. Existing law requires the application to be under the direction of a dentist and allows for self-application. Under existing law, a dental assistant may only perform topical fluoride applications under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist.
New provision provides that, when services are provided to elementary or postsecondary pupils, specifically include fluoride varnish in the topical applications that may be used and allow application by any person, including a dental assistant. Also permits any person, including a dental assistant, to apply topical fluoride, including fluoride varnish, to the teeth of a person being served in a public health setting or program that is created or administered by a state or local governmental entity. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_667_bill_20090806_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 667
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Control Act. Requires licensed day care centers to ensure that products will not be applied to day care center grounds when children are present. Requires applicators to provide a copy of the approved pesticide registration label as well as the material safety data sheet. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1769lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1769
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education, in conjunction with the department of public health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires each local board to implement a policy based on these guidelines by January 2011. Requires the establishment of a committee to develop the guidelines. At least every 2 years, requires an in-service training program for school personnel who work with students to be conducted by persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and management. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0281lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 281
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that, if a district closes one or more (but not all) schools during a public health emergency, the district may claim a full day of attendance based on the average of the three days of attendance preceding the closure.
Replaces requirement that teacher and certain administrator certification candidates pass a test of subject area knowledge with requirement that an assessment of professional teaching, and a test of subject matter knowledge; allows another state's basic skills and subject area knowledge test to substitute for a passing score on the state test. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2675lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2675
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include information about cancer, including types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and information on where to go for help. Requires an interscholastic athletic organization to include on any pre-participation examination form a question asking if a student has a family history of cancer. Authorizes the organization to require that a testicular examination be conducted in any physical required for a male student's participation in interscholastic athletics. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1665lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1665
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to organize at least three hearings on the health and social costs of obesity and the need to address the obesity epidemic. Provides the purpose of these hearings is to (1) highlight existing state- and community-level initiatives, (2) identify existing plans and opportunities for action and the expansion of initiatives, (3) inform policymakers and the public about effective solutions to the problem, and (4) identify and engage stakeholders to promote action to reduce obesity, improve nutrition and increase physical activity. Provides that, by February 2010, subject to the availability of public, private and contributed in-kind resources, a report on these hearings must be provided to the members of the general assembly and the state board of health to inform and support action on implementing the 2009 State Health Improvement Plan. By April 1, 2010, subject to appropriation, directs the department of public health to grant funds to one or more non-profit organizations or
local public health departments to conduct a statewide anti-obesity education and engagement campaign. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3767lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 3767
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates the MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act to to improve the prevention of infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Establishes prevention, control, and reporting requirements for developmental centers, residential schools for the deaf and visually impaired, correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers or boot camps. Requires guidelines to include requirements for screening and surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation and infection control. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0185lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 185
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Requires boards of directors of charter schools to implement the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans; requires local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools to report annually to the State Board of Education about their compliance with these guidelines.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 738
Source: http://www.ncleg.net
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| HI | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. Directs the department of health to maintain a list of products that have been approved by the Green Seal program.
Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/HB1538_SD1_.HTM
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/GM845_.PDF
Title: H.B. 1538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Adopted 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates new rules relating to integrated pest management standard and pesticide use in schools.
Integrated Pest Management Standard: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/901/5/11/901$5-11-14_PH_FF_N_RU_20090731_0959.pdf
Pesticide Use in Schools: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/901/5/11/901$5-11-15_PH_FF_N_RU_20090731_0959.pdf
Title: OAC 901:5-11-14, -15
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Creates new section 3313.719. Directs school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to adopt written policies to protect students with peanut or other food allergies. Requires that policies be developed in consultation with parents, school nurses and other school employees, school volunteers, students and community members.
Page 1200 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.719
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Effective July 1, 2011, permits only district employees who are licensed health professionals, or who have completed a drug administration training program conducted by a licensed health professional and considered appropriate by the board, to administer prescription drugs to students.
Pages 1198-1200 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.713
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to periodically review their policies and procedures to ensure (1) the safety of persons using a school from known hazards that pose an immediate risk to health or safety, and (2) compliance with federal health and safety laws and regulations applicable to schools.
Repeals Section 3313.473, 3314.15 and sections 3701.93 through 3701.936.
Section 3313.473: Directed the principal or chief administrator of public and nonpublic school to provide access to school premises during school operational hours for boards of health to conduct school health and safety network inspections. Also directed local boards of districts and educational service centers, and the chief administrator of each nonpublic school, to develop and submit a plan for abatement of hazardous conditions at the school.
Section 3314.15: Same provision as 3313.473, but applicable to community schools.
Section 3701.93: School safety and health - definitions.
Section 3701.931: Establishes the school health and safety network, under which each board of health was required to inspect each public and nonpublic school building and associated grounds at least once each year during school hours to identify conditions dangerous to public health and safety present in or on the building or grounds.
Section 3701.932: Requires the board of health to report the findings from every school inspection to specified stakeholders.
Section 3701.933: Directs local boards to submit to the board of health a written plan for abatement of the conditions determined to be hazardous to occupants, as identified in the report under Section 3701.932.
Section 3701.934: Directs the director of health to develop information specifying dangerous conditions and dangerous products, including products recalled by the manufacturer, that may be present in school buildings and associated grounds, and to distribute this information every quarter to local boards of health.
Section 3701.935: Directs the director of health to adopt rules establishing minimum standards and procedures for school inspections.
Section 3701.936: Provides that these provisions do not diminish a local board of health's authority to issue orders or take actions under specified sections of code.
Page 1207 and 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Repeals 3701.77, which established in the department of health the 15-member governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and sports. Repeals 3701.771, which established the duties of the council. Repeals 3701.772, which related to the awarding of certificates and awards to persons who participate in physical fitness, wellness and sports programs recommended by the governor's advisory council on physical fitness, wellness and sports, including through agreements with school districts. Page 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3701.77, 3701.771 and 3701.772
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Concerns the availability of automatic external defibrillators in Schools; saves lives by requiring that: (1) There be an automatic external defibrillator and school staff trained in the use of such defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in all Schools; (2) Schools develop emergency response plans to address serious incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life threatening emergency while on school grounds.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/ACT/Pa/pdf/2009PA-00094-R00SB-00981-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 981
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Provides for physical fitness assessments in schools. It is the intention of the legislature to authorize a framework to collect data to assess the status of an expansion program, based upon a pilot program that will utilize a health-related fitness assessment instrument to determine the fitness levels of students as a means to impact childhood obesity in Louisiana whereby positive results can be repeated or replicated in schools throughout the state.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665676
Title: S.B. 309
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct an assessment of the physical education capacities of elementary schools and to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs; establishes the Obesity and Chronic Disease Fund, transferred to the Department of Education; allows the Obesity and Chronic Disease Fund to receive public or private funds or income from other sources.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP098301.pdf
Title: H.B. 983
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to provide reproductive health and safety education in grades seven through nine; requires such education to include instruction on sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive methods, and sexual assault and abuse; requires LEAs to provide a comprehensive school health education program that meets all the requirements of this subsection and all the objectives established by the State Board.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H88v8.pdf
Title: H.B. 88
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the coordinated school health committee and requires a report to be submitted detailing the state's efforts in providing health education for pupils in kindergarten through grade 12.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0527.html
Title: H.B. 527
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training on how to recognize symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion; prohibits a coach from allowing a member of a school athletic team to participate in an athletic event or training on the same day that such member exhibits signs of or is diagnosed with having the concussion. Chapter 661
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0348.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 348
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Creates new Section 51.9192. Applies to first-time students enrolling in public, private and independent institutions of higher education on or after June 2010, and residing in on-campus housing. Requires such a student to provide a signed certificate evidencing that the student has been vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. Provides exceptions on grounds of danger to student's health or on religious beliefs.
Creates new Section 51.971. Defines "compliance program" as process to assess and ensure postsecondary officer and employee compliance with applicable laws and policies, including those regarding ethics and standards of conduct financial reporting, internal accounting controls, and auditing. Allows an institution maintaining a compliance program to establish procedures to preserve the confidentiality of communications and anonymity of individuals making a report or participating in an investigation. Specifies types of information that must be confidential. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04189F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4189
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Directs the state education agency to establish a Web site for teachers of students with special health needs. Requires the Web site to include information on the treatment and management of chronic illnesses and common food allergies. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01322F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1322
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Requires the campus improvement plan of an an elementary, middle or junior high school to set goals and objectives for a coordinated health program based on student fitness assessment data, student academic performance data, student attendance rates, the percentage of students who are educationally disadvantaged, the use and success of any method to ensure that students participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity and any other indicator recommended by the local school health advisory council. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00892F.pdf
Title: S.B. 892
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | §7.150 is repealed and adopted with new language. Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an integrated pest management (IPM) program as provided by House Bill 2458 (HB 2458), 80th Regular Legislative Session, 2007. New §7.150 provides for continuing education and training requirements for newly appointed integrated pest management coordinators employed by school districts. Also provides for the responsibility of school districts to adopt an IPM program, sets forth the elements that an IPM program shall contain, provides for the appointment andnotification to the department of IPM coordinators, describes the responsibilities of the IPM coordinator and certified applicators and licensed technicians, and establishes categories of pesticides that are allowed to be used in school buildings and other facilities of school districts, provides for the approval for use requirement of each category and specifies the application restrictions associated with each category.
7.153: Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program. Specifies that a pest control business that qualifies to use the reduced impact pest control service may use the consumer information sheet designed specifically for that service and that the consumer information sheet may be obtained from the department and through the department's Web site. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0703/0703adop.pdf
Title: 4 TAC 1.7.7.150, .153
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires that an automated external defibrillator be placed in each public K-12 school in the state. Requires at one employee at each school to be trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.
Title: S.B. 306
Source: www.lexis.com
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires local school systems to provide information to parents of students in grades 6-12 on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine whenever other health information is provided. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb300.pdf
Title: H.B. 300
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Includes a physician's designee and a pharmacist's designee as persons who may provide immunization data to the immunization data registry; adds a provider's designee and a child placing agency as persons to whom the State Department of Health may release information from the immunization data registry; requires a child to receive immunizations against meningitis, varicella and pertussis; relates to vision tests performed in the schools; requires schools to keep records of waiver requests. Public Law 161
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/SE/SE0219.1.html
Title: S.B. 219
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts that offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automatic external defibrillator instruction to use instruction developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or uses nationally recognized, evidenced-based guidelines.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0567.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 567
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires school districts to adopt policies on allergy prevention and response, with priority given to addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies; relates to allergy management, age- appropriate response, confidentiality of student medical information, school safety and environmental policies.
http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills091/bills/hb922.htm
Title: H.B. 922
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction and the department of human services to jointly develop a system under which families of children enrolling in the public school system are provided with information regarding state and federally funded health insurance programs and encouraged to apply for such coverage if determined to be eligible.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Health Insurance
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Amends section 79-217 to require every student entering 7th grade on or after July 1, 2010
to have a booster immunization containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis vaccine. The
immunization must meet the standards approved by the United States Public Health Service for such biological
products, as such standards existed on January 1, 2009.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB464.pdf
Title: L.B. 464
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Extends by one year the reporting date for the commission to review New Hampshire's statutes on HIV education, prevention, and control.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/sb0045.html
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Establishes provisions relating to public health emergencies; requires the Governor to determine whether a public health emergency or other health event requires a coordinated response if there is an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public; provides for the establishment of an emergency team to coordinate a response to a public health emergency or other health event; prescribes the membership, duties and scope of authority of such an emergency team. Chapter 98
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/7tth2009/Bills/AB/AB112_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 112
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Extends the prospective expiration of the requirement that each school conduct examinations of the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils until a specified date; revises the grades in which the examinations of the height and weight of a representative sample of pupils are conducted to require each school district to conduct and report on the examinations for grades 4, 7 and 10 and authorizes a school district to conduct the examinations in other grade levels.
Chapter 285
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB191_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 191
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Urges department of health to enhance current immunization activities to focus on vaccination of all children ages six months through 18 years of age, as recommended by National Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. -
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SJR0085.pdf
Title: S.J.R. 85
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Makes all schools, instead of just high schools, eligible for grants from the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvement.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB2270.pdf
Title: H.B. 2270
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | As introduced, instructs the state board of education to review district policies on school personnel recommending psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin to treat elementary and secondary school students for behavioral concerns; requires the state board to report its findings to the select oversight committee on education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1925.pdf
Title: S.B. 1925
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school year, the Commissioner of Education may waive for such school year the requirement for 180 days of classroom instruction, if such request is submitted to the commissioner by the Director of Schools; provides the request may be for the entire local education agency or for individual schools with the agency. Pub. Ch. 272
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Amend/SA0447.pdf
Title: S.B. 899
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Directs the department of state health Services and the state education agency and all other state agencies that provide information, services or support to adolescents or their parents to seek out opportunities to educate them as to the importance of receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations and the positive impact that these measures will have on adolescents' long-term health and well-being. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HC00088F.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Enacts the Clean Air on Campus Act of 2009; prohibits smoking on state-supported institutions of higher education campuses to protect students, employees, and visitors at from secondhand smoke on campus.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB2007.pdf
Title: H.B. 2007
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes students to possess and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine. Requires local board policies to include
provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides a student may be subject to disciplinary action if he or she uses auto-injectable epinephrine in a manner other than as prescribed. Provides a local school system and its employees and agents shall incur no liability other than for willful or wanton misconduct for any injury to a student caused by his or her use of auto-injectable epinephrine. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb8.pdf
Title: S.B. 8
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the Student Health and Physical Education Act. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, requires local school systems to conduct an annual fitness assessment for students in grades 1-12 enrolled in a physical education class. Requires individual assessment results to be reported to each student's parent, and aggregate results to the state board of education.
Directs the state board to adopt and disseminate to local school systems standards that express the most current and widely accepted best practices and benchmarks in the areas of student health and physical education. Permits the governor, in collaboration with the state board, to develop one or more recognition programs to acknowledge local school systems and schools that have most improved in their physical fitness assessments. Repeals these provisions effective June 30, 2019. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb229.pdf
Title: H.B. 229
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Health to adopt rules concerning indoor air quality in schools and state agencies; provides that after the State Department of Health inspects a school or state agency for indoor air quality as the result of a complaint, the State Department of Health must post certain information; provides for consideration of the effects of outdoor air quality when establishing criteria for school siting. Public Law 132
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/se/se0440.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 440
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Concerns the School Medication Aide Act; relates to epinephrine kits, responsibility for maintenance by the Board of Pharmacy, and persons authorized to administer epinephrine to students at school. Chapter 2009-102
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2008.pdf
Title: H.B. 2008
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires each local school system to develop and implement an annual physical fitness measurement program; establishes specified program elements for the fitness measurement programs; requires the State Department of Education to take specified steps to support the establishment of the fitness measurement programs; requires the Department to establish an Advisory Council on Health and Physical Education; provides for the membership of the Advisory Council.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/sb/sb0879t.pdf
Title: S.B. 879
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes local school systems to develop and implement Wellness Policy Implementation and Monitoring Plans to establish baseline student data for the health-related components of physical fitness and to assist students with personal fitness plans; relates to funding.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb1264t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1264; S.B. 879
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to establish and implement the Safe Routes to Schools program, a federally-funded program with the goal of increasing physical activity in school-aged children by increasing the number of children walking and bicycling to school. Designates the "Oklahoma Safe Routes to Schools Revolving Fund" in the state Treasury. The fund is to be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and is to consist of all monies received by the Department from any public or private sources authorized by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for the purpose of implementing the federal Safe Routes to School program.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB399_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 399
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Repeals the program for scoliosis screening in schools. Chapter 41
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/1322.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1322
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, with assistance from the department of education, to staff and coordinate a study of sports safety to be completed no later than October 1, 2009. Identifies areas for the study to review. Sets forth members of the study work group. Directs the association to submit a written report to include findings and recommendations to the interim joint committee on education by October 30, 2009. Provides the report must include recommendations to improve the safety of students participating in high school athletics and any legislation that might be necessary to implement the recommendations.
Requires high school coaches to complete a sports safety course and pass the related end-of-course exam. Requires course content to include training in first aid, among other topics. Requires the state board or board-designated agency to establish a minimum timeline for a coach to complete the course; approve sports safety course providers; ensure providers are certified athletic trainers, registered nurses, physicians, or physician's assistants licensed to practice in the state; and establish the minimum qualifying score for successful course completion.
Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires at least one person who has completed the sports safety course to be at every high school athletic practice and competition. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/HB383/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 383
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | P-12 | Changes the name of the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation to the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and allows for moneys from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Fund that are obtained primarily from public grants and private funding sources to be used to reduce childhood obesity in the Commonwealth.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2456ER
Title: H.B. 2456
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| CA | Vetoed 01/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for school and community college districts, pupil retention block grants, charter school block grants, pupil oral health assessments, local agency program improvement under the No Child Left Behind program, the High Priority Schools Grant Program, funding for regional occupational centers and programs, school transportation funds, and local education agency budgets.
Title: A.B. 4A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Issued 12/2008 | P-12 | Establishes the state Commission on Philanthropy to explore new opportunities for creative solutions to the state's systemic challenges. Provides for an initial focus on early childhood education and child health.
Title: E.O. 2008-1273
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, requires teachers' institutes to include instruction on prevalent student chronic health conditions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2685lv.pdf
Governor's amendatory veto message (adding section on food allergy guidelines to be developed by the state board of education and the department of public health): http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2685gms&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37144&DocNum=2685&GAID=9&Session=
Title: S.B. 2685
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Early Learning Council must have primary responsibility for development of a five-year strategic plan for children age birth to five, and that the commission on children and youth must develop a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan for providing services to children, youth and young adults ages birth to 24. Requires that the commission's plan include specific recommendations to achieve specified outcomes related to preventive health, education completion, workforce development, social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Requires the commission to provide an interim report to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2009. Requires that draft strategic plan be submitted to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2010, and that a final strategic plan be submitted to the same by June 1, 2011. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide administrative support.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4456lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4456
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| WA | Adopted 08/2008 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to sex education. Provides definition and requirements for providing sex education.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/
Title: WAC 392-410-140
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| CA | Signed by Governor 07/2008 | P-12 | Makes technical changes to the California Environmental Quality Act that prohibits an environmental impact report for any project involving the purchase of a schoolsite or the construction of a new elementary or secondary school by a school district unless specified conditions are met. Defines hazardous air emissions and extremely hazardous substances for the Act that prohibits the certification of a report or approval of a negative declaration for a project near a school emitting such substances. Chapter 148
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2720
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | 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 required to receive an additional health examination in order to comply with the provisions of a certain act that requires a child entering the sixth grade to have a health examination when he or she attends school for a certain school year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB5717lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 5717
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Issued 07/2008 | P-12 | (Executive Order No. BJ 08-21) Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Governor's Program on Abstinence to promote abstinence education with parents or legal guardians and to develop an aggressive campaign targeting adolescents ages 13-19 and parents. http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/docs/OfficialDocuments/2008EOAbstinenceEducation.pdf
Title: Executive Order 22
Source: http://www.gov.state.la.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Requires that the physical education and health curricula in schools be based on standards set by the state Health Education Framework and the state Physical Education Framework commencing September 1, 2012.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext08/housetext08/h7280a.pdf
Title: H.B. 7280
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires local school districts, vocational or technical school districts, and the Department of Health and Social Services to take advantage of the right afforded by Title 7, Part 245 of the Code of Federal Regulations for school districts and state agencies to share data for the purpose of enrolling children in free or reduced price health insurance program.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+286/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 286
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Enables the Governor to assure terms of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors are staggered by appointing members to terms as needed; adds a licensed medical physician to the Board as a voting member and a 3rd school board member to the DIAA Board in order to maintain an odd number of voting members; removes two sections of the law no longer necessary; revises voting procedures to allow a simple majority of a quorum to approve specific motions.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+416/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 416
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires expansion of the school district breakfast programs to middle and high schools; sets prices for school meals and for provision of the universal free school breakfast; authorizes the Department of Education to develop incentive program to encourage student participation; provides for information to students and parents; clarifies allocation of funds; provides for alternate site locations and alternate breakfast options; provides for breakfast meals.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0623er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0623&Session=2008
Title: H.B. 623
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Makes nonpublic schools eligible for matching grants from the department of public health's Heartsaver AED Fund to help purchase Automated External Defibrillators. Provides that any school, college or university applying for the grant cannot receive more than one grant from the Heartsaver AED Fund each fiscal year. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB1058lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 1058
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Became law without governor's signature 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires school boards to provide information on human papillomavirus and immunization against it to the parents of students in grades 6-12. Requires such information to describe the link between HPV and cervical cancer, how HPV is spread and where a person may be immunized against it. Requires information to be updated annually if new HPV information is available. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=493973
Title: H.B. 359
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires the chief administrators of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools and licensed day care centers to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the department of health and hospitals, office of public health, when the public or private school operates an existing student-specific electronic data system. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495032
Title: H.B. 184
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires students to provide evidence of vaccination against meningococcal disease as a condition of entry into 6th grade at a public or nonpublic school or home study program. Authorizes waivers for religious or other personal reasons. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=494837
Title: H.B. 178
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Effective with the 2009-2010 school year, requires each person entering the sixth grade in any school in the state to present evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=497675
Title: H.B. 581
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires all public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions to electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the department of health and hospitals, office of public health, when the institution operates an existing student-specific electronic data system, that, as of June 1, 2008, collects detailed information regarding vaccines and immunization dates electronically. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503627
Title: H.B. 187
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes a commission to study air quality issues in public school buildings; provides for membership and compensation and a report; provides duties include the study of air quality issues in public school buildings and feasibility of implementing air quality standards and performing regular air quality inspections, investigations and recommendations regarding successful, cost-effective, alternative initiatives developed to address issues and to solicit and accept grants, gift or donations.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/HB1171.html
Title: H.B. 1171
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Updates the health education curriculum requirements to include instruction on the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system; requires schools districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to such instruction based on religious objections; changes the name of the Health Education Review Committee to the Coordinated School Health Committee.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/SB0359.html
Title: S.B. 359
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Directs the State Department of Education to contract with a statewide school health program to establish a School Health Coordinators Pilot Program in which a maximum of six school health educators would assist school districts and Health and Fit School Advisory Committees in implementing health and wellness programs. Program duration will be a minimum of five years.
From fiscal analysis: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/CF/2007-08%20SUPPORT%20DOCUMENTS/IMPACT%20STATEMENTS/Fiscal/House/HB3395%20ccs%20FI.DOC
Text of bill: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/hb3395_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 3395
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Directs public schools to develop a policy to provide a safe environment for students with peanut, tree nut, or other food allergies; provides for an individual health care plan and an emergency health care plan to be signed by nurses, parents and health care providers; provides for posting of signs, prohibition of certain food items, designation of certain lunch tables, prohibition of certain food in classrooms and complete prohibition of particular food items from schools and school grounds.
Title: H.B. 7463
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | 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 to peanuts and prohibit the sale of peanuts and peanut based products in the cafeteria if it is known that an enrolled student has a peanut allergy; provides for an individual health care plan and an emergency health care plan to be signed by the school nurse, parents or guardians and the health care provider; regulates food items in the school, in classrooms and on school grounds.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08090.htm
Title: S.B. 2130
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Requires each school district to develop and implement an external defibrillator program for each high school which requires that such a defibrillator is provided on the grounds of each high school, that district employees and volunteers reasonably expected to use the device are trained in its use, and that the devices are periodically inspected and annually maintained.
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3723.doc
Title: H.B. 3723
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net/
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| VT | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Permits students with life-threatening food allergies or other life-threatening chronic illnesses to possess and self-administer life-saving medications on school grounds, at school-sponsored activities, and during school-related programs occurring before or after the regular school day, or both.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/bills/passed/H-748.HTM
Title: H.B. 748
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns tuberculosis screening for higher education students; allows each college and university in the state to create a tuberculosis screening process which may include a questionnaire, and education policy, a clinical review process and follow-up testing procedures for at-risk students; requires colleges and universities that work to create a screening process to report to the Health and Human Services Committees regarding legislative recommendations.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/A78C9638FB338468872573A80067EA8A?open&file=044_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 44
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Requires each public high school with an interscholastic athletics program to have at least one functioning automated external defibrillator on site for use during emergencies. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb1031.pdf
Title: H.B. 1031
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to require local school systems to utilize passive parental consent before administering the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey designed to identify and document certain behaviors and conditions including use of helmets and seat belts, depression and mental health, use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs, nutrition, physical activity and sexual behavior; requires local school systems to provide parents with specified statements and forms.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0473t.pdf
Title: S.B. 473
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the Board must require, as a condition of accreditation, that public elementary schools provide to students in full-day kindergarten and grades one through five, in addition to other requirements set forth, an average of sixty (60) minutes each week of physical activity, which may include, but not be limited to, physical education, exercise programs, fitness breaks, recess, and classroom activities, and wellness and nutrition education. Requires each district board of education to determine the specific activities and means of compliance with the provisions of this subsection, giving consideration to the recommendations of each school's Healthy and Fit Schools Advisory Committee.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB1186_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1186
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Creates the Quality Afterschool Opportunities Act to Reduce Childhood Obesity and Improve Academic Performance; directs the State Department of Health to establish certain grant program; directs the Department to develop application process, set eligibility requirements, and determine criteria for grants; directs the State Board of Health to promulgate rules.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB1612_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1612
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Requires local boards to adopt a policy that permits the self administration of inhaled asthma medication by a student for treatment of asthma and self administration of anaphylaxis medication; requires a parent or guardian of such student to provide the school a written statement from the treating physician stating the student is capable of such self administration.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB2239_ENGR.RTF
Title: H.B. 2239
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Relates to policies and procedures adopted by a school district or charter school for diabetes management and administration of glucagon to diabetic pupils in school classrooms, on school grounds, and at school sponsored activities; relates to designation by a school district or charter school of school employees as voluntary diabetes care assistants and specifies that those employees shall be a properly trained school nurse or licensed health care professional; provides for immunity from liability. Chapter 31
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/sb1229s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1229
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Encourages school districts to expand their local wellness policies to adopt goals for emphasizing healthy choices and lifestyles, including physical education (PE), nutrition, and mental health counseling; expands the Comprehensive Health Education Act to include local student wellness programs; allows funding for a local student wellness programs only if the school district has adopted an expanded wellness policy and for wellness programs that include PE only if every PE teacher is licensed in that field.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/CF367448128B8FCD872573680050E8B1?open&file=1224_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1224
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Relates to student eye care; requires certification of the performance of an eye examination, and submission of the results of such examination, when a child is enrolled in kindergarten; provides that school districts may encourage a student to receive an eye examination prior to receiving special education services.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=billbook&GA=82&hbill=SF2251
Title: S.F. 2251
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires a screening by a dentist, physician or registered nurse and a student dental health certificate for elementary or secondary enrollment. Requires a child to be referred to a licensed dentist if a dental screening or examination performed by anyone other than a licensed dentist identifies the possibility of dental disease. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB186/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 186
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | As funding becomes available, authorizes a supplemental grant program to fund the employment of a licensed physician or nurse to provide health services, including supplemental classroom instructional services related to health, in a family resource or youth services center. Provides that the supplemental grant program must be managed by the cabinet for health and family services, and allows schools with a family resource or youth services center to apply for grant funds. Provides that supplemental grant must not exceed 50% of a district's grant to implement or continue family resource and youth services centers and must not reduce the grant amount to the district. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB640/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 640
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in State Public Schools; provides that the task force shall study the advisability of requiring all public schools to provide a minimum amount of physical activity or education to students, the effects on childhood obesity and related health issues of such requirements, the costs of such requirements and how they may be minimized, and results obtained by local school systems in the state or other state that have such requirements.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0955e.pdf
Title: S.B. 955
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Allows funding from the Health Care Cash Fund to be used for school-based health clinics (formerly prohibited).
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB469.pdf
Title: L.B. 469
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Requires a school nurse or physician to administer nebulizers in accordance with a student's patient specific order. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06641&sh=t
Title: S.B. 6641
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Requires the department of health to establish criteria for determining which foods and food products may pose a significant choking risk in children. Requires the department to produce and distribute educational materials on food choking risks, precautions, and life-saving procedures, and make these materials available to child care centers and nursery and K-12 schools for distribution to parents. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A09471&sh=t
Title: A.B. 9471
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Mandates that automated external defibrillators be made available in schools if funding is available; authorizes such defibrillators available at high school athletic practices and competitions; provides immunity from liability to school districts; provides for a list of private corporations and persons willing to make donations for this purpose.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB923_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 923
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Encourages LEAs to place automatic external defibrillators in schools; placement of such devices shall be within LEA's existing fiscal resources; classifies misuse or abuse of AED on school property by a student as misconduct that will subject student to disciplinary action. - Amends TCA Title 49.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2775.pdf
Title: H.B. 2775
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to solicit six pilot districts to implement a project to inquire whther students attending their schools have health insurance. Districts selected must include urban and rural areas, and eastern and western Washington. beginning with the 2008-09 school year, the pilot districts will inquire about students' health insurance status (with parental consent). The districts, via outreach outreach organizations, will follow-up with parents regarding students without insurance to provide information on coverage options and to assist them in enrolling in a plan. The superintendent must submit a final report on the project by December 2009.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/5100-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5100
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires local boards to annually submit evidence by June 30 that students attending schools in their jurisdictions (public or private) have met dental screening requirements. Requires local boards and private school directors to submit -- within 60 days of the start of the school year -- a list of children enrolled in kindergarten. Requires the state department to notify boards of any children who have not met the requirements for blood testing for lead exposure and to work with jurisdictions on ensuring such testing occurs.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2111
Title: S.B. 2111
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Present law allows a local education agency (LEA) to use revenues from gifts, grants, and state and local appropriations to provide an eye examinations for any child with a need for such examination but whose parent or guardian is unable to afford it. Under this bill, a LEA may, in addition to eye exams, provide hearing exams for such children. Accordingly, this bill authorizes health care professionals to indicate the need of a hearing exam on any report used to report the immunization status of a child. Clarifies that this bill would encourage LEAs to seek free or reduced-cost eye examinations from optometrists or ophthalmologists and free or reduced-cost hearing examinations from physicians or audiologists.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/asp/WebBillInfo/Summary.aspx?BillNumber=SB2583
Title: S.B. 2583
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Provides that a school, school board, or school official may not prohibit or dissuade a teacher or other school employee from possessing, storing, administering, or receiving training to administer an epinephrine auto-injector; requires schools to make an emergency epinephrine auto-injector available to any qualified employee; requires primary and secondary school training regarding the storage and use of an epinephrine auto-injector to a teacher or school employee who volunteers to take the training.
http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillenr/hb0101.pdf
Title: H.B. 101
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires local school boards to incorporate into their local wellness policy as a goal a minimum of an average of 150 minutes of physical fitness for all students. Such program may include any combination of (i) physical education classes, (ii) extracurricular athletics, or (iii) other programs and physical activities deemed appropriate by the local school board.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB242ER
Title: H.B. 242
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Relates to administration of prescription drugs; allows a person employed in a school for students with disabilities to administer prescription medication to a student if the person has satisfactorily completed a training program and has obtained written authorization from a parent or guardian; establishes other guidelines.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+SB271ER
Title: S.B. 271
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Adds mental health education and awareness to the list of topics that shall be covered in family life education curricula.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0417
Title: S.B. 640
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | 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/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4124%20ENR%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4124
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us
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| AK | Adopted 02/2008 | P-12 | Adds one new immunization and expands the age-range for another immunization required for entry into a state public school. Updates the name of the exception reporting agency. Adds a new section that allows up to 30 days of provisional enrollment for homeless students to provide proof of immunizations. ALASKA 3594
http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac/query=[group+!274+aac+06!2E055!27!3A]/doc/%7B@1%7D/hits_only?
Title: 4 AAC 06.055
Source: http://old-www.legis.state.ak.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2008 | P-12 | Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to students when the nurse is not physically present.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL07/229_.PDF
Title: S.B. 2905
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| LA | Adopted 12/2007 | P-12 | Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health forms to eliminate the duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses on health information and screenings, allergies, illnesses, sports physicals, medication administration, and prescribed procedures. The Rule should have an overall positive impact on the health of school aged children in that it will ensure uniformity in the documentation of medical information submitted to schools and school nurses. Pages 2606-2607: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0712/0712.doc#_Toc185922094
Title: LAC 28:CXV.1145
Source: doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine specified hygienic procedures pertaining to band instruments to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht00pdf/ht00413.pdf
Title: H.B. 413
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine hygienic procedures pertaining to school band instruments to prevent the spread of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht00pdf/ht00413.pdf
Title: H.B. 413
Source: http://www.mass.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2007 | P-12 | Relates to vaccinations. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood diseases for which the Legislature intends the eventual achievement of total immunization. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood disease a pupil must be immunized prior to admission to any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day care home, or development center.
Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_533_vt_20071005.html
Title: S.B. 533
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act that prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco products by, a person under the age of 18 and requires the Department of Health Services to take primary responsibility for enforcement and to conduct random onsite sting inspections of retail stores, and the use of minors. Makes changes to the requirements for guideline provisions, including provisions relating to authorized state and local enforcement agencies. Chapter 653
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_624_bill_20071013_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 624
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| IA | Adopted 10/2007 | P-12 | Requires that each school district have a school nurse and a qualified (i.e., licensed by the Board of Education Examiners) guidance counselor. Requires a definition of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade 12 school counseling program.
Title: IAC 281-12.2(256), 12.3(11), 12.4(12)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 | P-12 | In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial school must have an eye examination. Provides that if the child fails to present proof by October 15th, the school may hold the child's report card until the child presents proof of a completed eye examination or proof that an eye examination will take place within 60 days after October 15th.
Provides for a waiver for children with an undue burden or lack of access to a physician who provides eye examinations or to a licensed optometrist. Directs each public, private and parochial school to notify parents of the eye examination requirement. Prohibits a school to exclude a child because of parental refusal to obtain an eye examination for the student. Directs each school to annually report to the state board the number of children who have received the required eye examination, indicating the number of children who are exempt from the eye examination because of parental objections on religious grounds, or due to undue burden or lack of access, and the total number of children in noncompliance with the eye examination requirement.
Bill: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641lv.pdf Amendatory veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0641gms.pdf
Title: S.B. 641
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| OH | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12 | Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education or to adopt its own physical education standards in those grades. Requires the department of education to hire a full-time physical education coordinator. Requires districts and other schools to report the number of minutes and classes er week of PE provided to students in grades K-8.
Title: H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards
Source: Digest of Enactments 2007
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| IA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Requires children to receive a blood lead test by age six or prior to enrollment in an elementary school. Strongly encourages parents to have their child tested for elevated blood lead levels by age two. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=billbook&GA=82&hbill=HF158
Title: H.F. 158
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| NY | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Amends regulations regarding diagnostic screenings of students who are new entrants to school or who have low test scores on the statewide third grade English language arts or mathematics assessment. Specifies that diagnostic screening must include a determination of development in oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skills and reading fluency and comprehension, mathematical calculation and problem solving, motor development, articulation skills, and cognitive development using recognized and validated screening tools.
Adds that diagnostic screening for students with low test scores must include:
(1) vision and hearing screenings to determine whether a vision or hearing impairment is impacting the student's ability to learn; and
(2) a review of the instructional programs in reading and mathematics to ensure that explicit and research validated instruction is being provided in reading and mathematics.
Provides that students with low test scores must be monitored periodically through screenings and on-going assessments of the student's reading and mathematic abilities and skills. If the student is determined to be making sub-standard progress in such areas of study, instruction must be provided that is tailored to meet the student's individual needs with increasingly intensive levels of targeted intervention and instruction.
Directs school districts to provide written notification to parents when a student requires an intervention beyond which is provided to the general education classroom. Provides that such notification must include: information about the performance data that will be collected and the general education services that will be provided; strategies for increasing the student's rate of learning; and the parents' right to request an evaluation by the Committee on Special Education to determine whether the student has a disability.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Part 117
Source: Lexis
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| OR | Adopted 09/2007 | P-12 | Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards.
Title: OAR 581-022-1210
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interested stakeholders, to establish and amend on an annual basis guidelines and specifications for environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products for use in school facilities. Requires the IGGCC guidelines and specifications to be disseminated to public schools and to non-public schools with 50 or more students
Requires elementary and secondary public and most nonpublic schools to develop a green cleaning policy, purchase, and use such cleaning products, but only when this would not result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the school. Requires a school determining it not economically feasible to use environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products to provide annual written notification to the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council (IGGCC) until such time that it is economically feasible.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0895lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 895
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation, to establish and administer a matching grant program to pay for half of the cost a school district incurs in training teachers and other school personnel who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation or in learning how to use an automated external defibrillator. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0258lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Relates to Integrated Pest Management Programs. Provides that required notification that such program is not economically feasible must be given within one year of the adoption of this act and every 5 years thereafter. Provides that each school or day care center that provides written notification that the adoption of an
integrated pest management program is not economically feasible must have its designated person attend an approved training course on integrated pest management within one year after the effective date and every 5 years thereafter, until an integrated pest management program is developed and implemented in the school or day care center.
Requires every school and day care center to ensure that all parents and employees are notified at least once each school year that the notification requirements
of the Structural Pest Control Act have been met. Also requires all schools and day care centers to keep copies of all required notifications and any written integrated pest management program plan and make these copies available for public inspection.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0425lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 425
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superintendent of education or his/her designee to serve on the task force. Directs the task force to produce a plan focusing on assuring access to improving the quality of data necessary to understand health disparities. Directs the task force to submit an initial report to the general assembly by July 1, 2008, and to make annual reports to by July 1 of each year through 2011 of the progress toward implementing the plan. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0547lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 547
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians; establishes a public awareness campaign.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL07/134_.PDF
Title: S.B. 2286
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Enacts Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act. Directs the commissioner to establish an anaphylactic policy for school districts for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A04051&sh=t
Title: A.B. 4051
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires every school district and board of cooperative educational services to provide and maintain a nebulizer on-site in every public and private school building in which full- or part-time nurse services are provided. Provides nebulizers must be made available to all public and private school students with a patient specific order, who require inhaled medications administered by a nebulizer. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06074&sh=t
Title: S.B. 6074
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts with a significant number of children with asthma, and those other school districts deemed appropriate by the commissioner, to minimize the idling of school bus engines while parked or standing on school grounds, or in front of any school. Provides that these regulations must include a requirement that all school bus engines be turned off while waiting for passengers to load and unload on school grounds, and provides for exceptions as needed for heating, mechanical or emergency circumstances. Requires each district to annually provide their school personnel with notice of these provisions and the related regulations. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05973&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5973
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Prohibits smoking in schools and student dormitories of both public and private postsecondary institutions. Requires "No Smoking" signs to be posted and ashtrays to be removed in each public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited. Establishes fines for violation of the smoking ban.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0500lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 500
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires local boards to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products by any person in public school buildings and school facilities, on the public school campus and in or on other school property.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1086v0.html
Title: S.B. 1086
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Provides a dental health certificate must be requested when a student enrolls in a school, or at any time local school authorities feel such a request would promote the child's educational interests. Requires that such dental health certificate contain a report of a comprehensive dental examination performed on the child. Requires http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S01239&sh=t
Title: S.B. 1239
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Environmental Quality Commission to establish a goal to reduce excess lifetime risk of cancer due to exposure to diesel engine emissions to no more than one case per million individuals by 2017. In setting the goal, the commission is required to include a target to substantially reduce the risk to school children from diesel engine emissions produced by Oregon school buses by the end of 2013. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to track and report to the Legislative Assembly on the progress in meeting this goal.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2172.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2172
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires that school district boards adopt policies and procedures relating to self-administration of medication by students with asthma or severe allergies; exempts certain school personnel from liability in a criminal action or for civil damages when assisting a student to self-medicate under written permission from a student's parent, guardian or health care professional.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb1000.dir/sb1040.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 1040
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Protects children from exposure to lawn care pesticides by prohibiting the application of such at schools and day care centers; requires a committee be formed to assist with the reports required; the department of health and the department of elementary and secondary education are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the department of environmental management in the preparation of the report.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07421.htm
Title: S.B. 560
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a pilot program to develop curriculum in communities of several cities and towns to encourage physical exercise and promote healthy weight levels in children incorporating a combination of exercise and nutrition plans that may include, but shall not be limited to, physical exercise, including walking and jogging, as well as information on healthy food choices.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07224.htm
Title: H.B. 5900
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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; prohibits the sale of peanuts and peanut based products in the cafeteria if it is known that an enrolled student has a peanut allergy.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07304.htm
Title: H.B. 5671
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | 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 municipality may use revenues from gifts, grants and state and local appropriations to provide such eye examinations. Districts are encouraged to seek free or reduced-cost eye examinations from optometrists or ophthalmologists willing to donate their services for children who are unable to afford such eye examinations.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0557.pdf
Title: S.B. 152
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including information about the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H485v0.html
Title: H.B. 485
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Establishes an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. It is the legislature's intent to encourage all schools to obtain and maintain automated external defibrillators at appropriate school locations for the safety and protection of students and others participating in or attending school athletic and related activities. The advisory commission will: (1) Review state policies to ensure the achievement of the purposes and policies of this chapter; (2) Review and provide coordination strategies for public and private sector efforts and agencies to raise and appropriate funds to ensure the achievement of the purposes and policies of this chapter; (3) Establish accounts, and accept and administer grants, donations, and other funds received by the commission to achieve the purposes and policies of this chapter; (4) Publish studies and reports, and hold public seminars and educational events, regarding the need to obtain and maintain automated external defibrillators at appropriate school locations for the safety and protection of students and others participating in or attending school athletic and related activities; (5) Enter into agreements with state departments or agencies, and private sector organizations and persons, as it deems necessary, to implement and further the policies and purposes of this chapter; and (6) Advise the general court on legislative initiatives that would further the purposes and policies of this chapter.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0911.html
Title: H.B. 911
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Creates a Task Force on School Nurses to study the availability of nursing services in schools and the feasibility of expanding existing services and to recommend a plan to establish school nurses as a mandated service in all schools.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2700.dir/hb2773.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2773
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Prohibits school district employees, contractors and volunteers from selling, marketing, distributing, endorsing or suggesting steroid or performance- enhancing substances to students; directs Department of Education and school districts to include information on anabolic steroids and performance- enhancing substances in health and physical education curricula; requires certain school district employees to receive training on identifying components of anabolic steroid abuse and use and prevention strategies.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0384.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 517
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires all senior high schools that sell or distribute beverages and snacks on their premises, including those sold through vending machines, to offer healthier beverages and snacks effective 1/1/08; takes effect upon passage.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07080.htm
Title: H.B. 5050
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Directs the Education Oversight Committee to hold hearings on the demands placed upon public schools in providing health care to students.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR0200.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 200
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | From bill analysis: Student populations along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from high rates of Type 2 diabetes and are at an increased risk for becoming obese.Creates a bilingual coordinated health program in certain school districts along the border. The bill requires the commissioner of education to adopt a health program that will coordinate social systems that influence physical education, health class, food service, and parent/family awareness.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB03618F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3618
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires children to have a dental screening as a condition of enrollment in elementary or high school; provides for exceptions. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&frame=1&GA=82&hbill=HF906
Title: H.F. 906
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires an individual to have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, removing obstructions to a person's airway and the Heimlich maneuver before obtaining an initial license as a teacher.
Creates a new chapter on care of students with diabetes. Requires that a diabetes management and treatment plan as well as an individualized health plan be prepared and implemented for each student with diabetes for use during school hours or at a school related activity. Requires that the diabetes management and treatment plan be submitted to the school nurse, and that the school nurse be involved in the development of the individualized health plan. Requires the school principal at each school serving a student with diabetes to seek school employees to serve as volunteer health aides, and work to ensure that the school has an adequate number of volunteer health aides to care for students.
Authorizes the department to cooperate with the state department of health to develop a diabetes training program for school nurses and for volunteer health aides. Directs the department to provide annual diabetes training programs to school nurses and volunteer health aides that includes technological advances, current standards of practice for diabetes management and training, and instruction in specific topics.
Directs a school nurse, or under specified circumstances, a volunteer health aide, to perform the tasks necessary to assist a student in carrying out the student's individualized health plan. Requires schools to allow students to engage in specific activities, such as administering insulin, if the student has been evaluated and determined to be capable of doing so as reflected in the student's individual health plan and the student's diabetes management and treatment plan. Requires school transportation staff or staff supervising a student with diabetes in an off-campus activity to be provided with an information sheet identifying the student, the potential emergencies that may occur as a result of the diabetes and appropriate responses to an emergency, and emergency contact information.
Adds that a school or school board may not require a teacher or other school employee who is not employed as a school nurse or physician to administer health care services, basic life support, or other services that require the teacher or employee to place the teacher's or employee's hands on a pupil for therapeutic or
sanitary purposes. Also provides a school or school board may not discipline a teacher or other school employee who refuses to administer health care services, basic life support, or other services that require the teacher or employee to place the teacher's or employee's hands on a pupil for therapeutic or sanitary purposes. Establishes immunity for acts or omissions by a teacher who has been trained in CPR, the Heimlich maneuver or removing obstructions to a person's airway.
Requires a school corporation, in reporting average daily membership (ADM) for the 2007-2008 school year, to also report the number of school nurses and the number of students, by disease category, who have a chronic disease, including asthma, diabetes, and any other disease the department of education determines is significant for the school corporation to report.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1116.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1116
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Specifies duties of the Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator. (Section 7)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Hearing Loss Intervention]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| NC | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Ensures that educational materials are provided so that schools provide information to parents and guardians concerning cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases; provides that local boards of education shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with that information and to children entering grades 5 through 12.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 260
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Requires a physical examination before the completion of the first year of enrollment in elementary school. Requires examinations of height and weight of a representative sample of pupils. Authorizes the board of trustees of a school district to adopt a policy encouraging the school district and schools within the district to collaborate with qualified health care providers and students enrolled in health care programs in postsecondary educational institutions to assist in the physical examinations. Requires notice be provided to the parent
or guardian of a child before the physical examinations are performed on a child. Requires school nurses or a designee of a school nurse to report the results of such physical examinations to the state health officer for statistical purposes and to exclude from the reports any identifying information relating to a particular child.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB354_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 354
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Existing law requires the immunization of children in public schools, private schools and child care facilities in certain circumstances. Requires the department of health and human services to establish an immunization information system.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB410_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 410
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. Encourages the department to collaborate with the University of Tennessee in developing school safety instructional materials and requires the department to review the department of homeland security guidelines for inclusion in school safety programs. Encourages the LEAs to post signs on school grounds and school parking lots prohibiting persons from driving a motor vehicle in excess of 10 mph.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0238.pdf
Title: H.B. 337
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | The bill requires the inclusion of additional information regarding human papillomavirus in course materials related to sexually transmitted diseases in the model public health education program for school-aged children developed by Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/doc/HB01379F.doc
Title: H.B. 1379
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 | P-12 | Prohibits requiring immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition for admission to any elementary or secondary school. All contrary executive orders of the governor are preempted by the bill. The bill requires that educational material about HPV vaccine be made available to each parent or legal guardian at the appropriate time in the immunization schedule by the appropriate school. These requirements expire January 11, 2011.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01098F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1098
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Sec. 38.019. IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS PROGRAM. Requires the Department of State Health Services to prepare a list of the immunizations required for admission to public schools and of any additional immunizations the department recommends for school- age children, requires the list be available in English and Spanish and in a manner that permits a school district to easily post the list on the district's Internet website. Requires a school district that maintains an Internet website to post prominently on the website certain information relating to immunization requirements.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01059F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1059
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Allows youth to access and consent to state smoking cessation programs.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/DOCS/2008/BILLS/PASSED/H-113.DOC
Title: H.B. 113
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AK | Passed 04/2007 | P-12 | Do pass., Relates to reauthorization of federal funding for children's health insurance; encourages the Governor to support additional funding for and access to children's health insurance. (S.J.R. 1)
http:/www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: S.J.R. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Directs the state department of health to provide a school that enrolls grade 6 female students with information on cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The information must include:
(1) The latest scientific information on the immunization against the HPV infection and the immunization's effectiveness against causes of cervical cancer.
(2) That a pap smear is still critical for the detection of precancerous changes in the cervix to allow for treatment before cervical cancer develops.
(3) Information concerning the means in which the HPV infection is contracted.
(4) A statement that any questions or concerns concerning immunizing the child against HPV could be answered by contacting a health care provider.
Requires schools to provide the parents of female students entering grade 6 to be provided with information on the link between cervical cancer and the HPV infection and that an immunization against the HPV infection is available. Requires such parents to provide the school with a written statement within 20 days of the first day of school, indicating that the parent had received the information concerning the link between cervical cancer and the HPV infection and on the availability of an immunization against the HPV infection; and also indicating whether the student is or will be immunized or that the parent chooses not to inform the school whether the student was immunized. Provides that a student may not be prevented from enrolling in a school for the sole reason that the student has not provided the school with the written statement. Requires each school, beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, to report to the state department of health and the local health department having jurisdiction the number of female students in grade 6 have (or plan to have) and have not been immunized against HPV infection, and the number of female students in grade 6 whose parent chose not to provide the information to the school concerning whether the student was immunized.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/SE/SE0327.1.pdf
Title: S.B. 327
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Establishes a Task Force on the HPV Vaccine; provides for the membership and staffing of the Task Force; provides that the members of the Task Force may not receive compensation but are entitled to a specified reimbursement; provides for the duties of the Task Force; requires the Task Force to report specified findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2008; provides for the termination of the Act.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb1049e.pdf
Title: H.B. 1049; S.B. 774
Source: Maryland Legislaure
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires a minimum period of physical activity-based instruction for students in K-8 and requires one unit of physical education for high school graduation. Effective for 2008-09 school year, local school wellness plans must promote physical activity, healthy eating habits and abstinence from the use of tobacco and illegal drugs. Requires an appropriation for the department of edcuation to employ a physical activity coordinator to assist districts in program implementation. Directs the state board to adopt regulations for districts addressing: healthy food and bevergage choices; healthy food preparation; marketing of healthy food choices to students and staff; minimum and maximum time allotments for students and staff lunch and breakfast periods; and methods to increase participation in child nutrition and school breakfast and lunch programs. Directs the state superintendent to appoint an advisory committee to assist the state board in implementation of regulations required by the act.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2369SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2369
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Allows students to carry and self-adminster prescribed epinephrine in school for severe allergies.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0289.htm
Title: S.B. 289
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires the state superintendent to purchase and distribute automated external defibrillators (AEDs. From the Fiscal Note: SB 2313 allocates $400,000 to be used to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for all school buildings and provides minimal funds for contracted services for overall plan design, RFP development, scoring, equipment ordering, dissemination, training and evaluation. This is a one-time service.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBNN0600.pdf
Title: S.B. 2313
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| NM | Vetoed 04/2007 | P-12 | Relates to health care; provides for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in school-based clinics.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1174.pdf
Title: S.B. 1174
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually to the House and Senate Education Committees the number of homeless children who enrolled in public school without immunization or proof of immunization and the average length of time required for these children to be immunized or to obtain their immunization records.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB1965.pdf
Title: S.B. 1965
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires females to receive three doses of properly spaced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in order to attend a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school, child care center, nursery school, family day care home or developmental center. The first dose shall be administered before the child enters the sixth grade. After having reviewed materials describing the link between the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer approved for such use by the Board of Health, a parent or guardian may elect for his daughter not to receive this vaccine. The bill contains a delayed effective date of October 1, 2008, and is identical to SB 1230, which also passed the legislature and was sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2035ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB1230ER
Governor's recommendation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+amd+HB2035AG
Title: H.B. 2035, S.B. 1230
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | By September 1, 2008, every public school that offers sexual health education must assure that it is medically and scientifically accurate; age appropriate; appropriate for students regardless of gender, race, disability status, or sexual orientation; and includes information about abstinence; however, abstinence may not be taught to the exclusion of instruction on other methods of preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention. A school may use outside speakers or curriculum to teach units within a sexual health program as long as they are in compliance with this act. "Medically and scientifically accurate" is defined. Sexual health education must be consistent with the Guidelines for Sexual Health Information and Disease Prevention (Guidelines). OSPI and DOH must make the Guidelines and any model policies or curricula related to sexual health education available on their web sites.
Final bill report: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate%20Final/5297-S.FBR.pdf
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5297-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5297
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Provides that, beginning with sixth grade entry, every public and private school in the state shall provide parents and guardians with information about human papillomavirus disease and its vaccine at the beginning of every school year. The information about human papillomavirus disease shall include: (1) Its causes and symptoms, how human papillomavirus disease is spread, and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children; and (2) Current recommendations from the United States centers for disease control and prevention regarding the receipt of vaccines for human papillomavirus disease and where the vaccination can be received.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1802-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1802
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| FL | Issued 03/2007 | P-12 | Establishes the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness to develop a state plan of action to increase physical fitness through regular exercise and sound nutrition practices among Floridians of all ages and to reduce the rate of obesity and resulting chronic diseases in Floridians within the next ten years. Provides that the 15-20 governor-appointed members of the council are to reflect a broad spectrum of interested parties, including elementary, secondary, and public university representatives.
Provides that the state action plan must consider the following:
a. The proper implementation of physical education courses every day for all elementary school students (K-5);
b. The feasibility of providing physical education courses and activities every day for all students at the middle and high school (6-12) grade levels by the year 2012, with a particular emphasis on graduation requirements, ADA compliance, and additional impacts on the school day;
c. The extent to which a healthy lifestyle paradigm is embedded in the Sunshine State Standards and secondary school curricula;
d. Barriers to the provision of sufficient physical education within schools, including facilities limitations;
e. The correlation between physical education and academic achievement;
f. The feasibility of creating student fitness and wellness centers in schools and using such facilities both for physical education courses, as well as after-school and evening programs that encourage whole-family fitness;
g. The extent to which colleges of education prepare physical education teachers to teach 21st century fitness;
h. The availability and provision of professional development to recruit and retain certified physical education teachers;
i. The possibility of having every school district maintain an independent physical fitness advisory panel to make further recommendations for student fitness testing every year beginning in the first grade;
j. The nutritional value of school lunches and any barriers to providing nutritionally-sound, attractive school lunches at the elementary, middle, and high school levels;
k. The availability of healthy snack and drink options in public and private schools and workplace vending machines;
l. The promotion and inclusion of Florida agriculture, including fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats, in school and workplace meal plans;
m. The success of state employee wellness programs to determine which strategies are most effective in order to publish model policies for government agencies and private employers to learn from and adopt;
n. The implementation of recommendations made by the 2004 Governor's Task Force on the Obesity Epidemic;
o. The development of a Governor's Recognition program, recognizing healthy schools, communities, worksites, and healthcare settings;
p. The expansion of public awareness and access to existing programs that encourage healthy lifestyles through activities in Florida's state parks, beaches, greenways, and trails;
q. The implementation of a healthy lifestyle paradigm in the planning and design of Florida's communities;
r. The feasibility of making community roadways and transportation compatible with outdoor living and pedestrian activity; and
s. The development of a strategy to increase public awareness of physical fitness initiatives through a comprehensive public service campaign.
Directs the council to present an initial draft of its state plan of action to the governor by August 1, 2007 and a final, comprehensive state plan to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate and the governor by December 1, 2007.
http://www.flgov.com/pdfs/orders/07-52-fitness.pdf
Title: E.O 07-52
Source: www.flgov.com
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Urges the state department of education to work with local school systems to ensure that educators are aware of the impact that living with Crohn's disease and irritable bowel disease has on students with the condition. Provides that educators should also be aware of the special need for access to restrooms by students with the disease in order to ensure that their educational attainment is not disrupted. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/07RS/HC141/bill.doc
Title: H.C.R. 141
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Requires the state board of health to develop regulations to ensure that all children enrolled or enrolling in a state licensed child care center receive age-appropriate immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2859SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2859
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Establishes and provides funding for a school nurse program under department of education, run by the office of healthy schools. Specifies nurses responsibilities and duties of the office of healthy schools. Establishes a special fund known as the school nurse program fund, to be funded by tobacco settlement payments.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1132PS.htm
Title: H.B. 1132
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every
four years the unit must be a concept-based fitness class that includes instruction in the assessment, improvement, and maintenance of personal fitness.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/bill-text/HBCN0400.pdf
Title: S.B. 2354
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| VA | Passed 03/2007 | P-12 | This joint resolution of the legislature establishes a joint subcommittee to study childhood obesity in Virginia's public schools. The subcommittee shall ascertain methods of combating childhood obesity in Virginia public schools and examine the relationship between the health and physical education curriculum; public health policies; social, economic, and cultural influences; and media messages; and the incidence of overweight and obese students in the public schools. The subcommittee shall also examine methods to increase parental involvement and education to ensure proper nutrition of children, and survey other states to determine practices that have been useful in combating childhood obesity. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HJ637ER
Title: H.J. 637
Source: http://legis.state.va.us
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| TX | Issued 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Department of State Health Services to make the HPV vaccine available through the Texas Vaccines for Children program for eligible young females up to age 18, and the Health and Human Services Commission to make the vaccine available to Medicaid-eligible young females from age 19 to 21. Requires the Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner to adopt rules that mandate the age appropriate vaccination of all female children for HPV prior to admission to the sixth grade.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/exorders/rp65
Title: Executive Order RP 65
Source:
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Health Commissioner to work together to combat childhood obesity and other chronic health conditions that affect school age children. This bill is identical to SB 974, which was also signed into law. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2214ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB974ER
Title: H.B. 2214, S.B. 974
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Relates to childhood obesity; requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Health Commissioner to work together to combat childhood obesity and other chronic health conditions that affect school age children.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0043
Title: H.B. 2214, S.B. 974
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Requires school districts to permit students to possess and self-administer medication required for potentially life threatening conditions upon parental verification and district notification. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0061.pdf
Title: H.B. 61
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| DE | Adopted 12/2006 | P-12 | Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle and in high school. DELAWARE 1930
http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/500/503.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: Title 14 Sec 503
Source: Delaware Regulations
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the students' physicians and parents; grants immunity to school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools and their employees for good faith actions in connection with this permission.
Title: S.B. 164
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Requires each school district to provide a type 2 diabetes information sheet developed by the Department of Education to the parent or guardian of incoming 7th grade pupils.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2201-2250/ab_2226_bill_20060913_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2226
Source: California Legislature
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relating to the establishment, retention or expansion of school health centers in the state, in collaboration with the State Department of Education. Requires data collection procedures and collect specified data from school health centers on an ongoing basis.
Title: A.B. 2560
Source: California Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2006 | P-12 | Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Requires the incorporation of social and emotional development of children into elementary and secondary school educational standards and programs.
Title: S.B. 6672
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2006 | P-12 | Requires children born after January 1, 1990 to have booster vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis upon entering the 6th grade.
Title: S.B. 7421
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Vetoed 08/2006 | P-12 | Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and disseminate the best practices for the delivery of culturally competent mental health services to underserved populations affected by cultural and linguistic barriers.
Title: A.B. 9593
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Approved by voters 07/2006 | P-12 | (PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increase access to early childhood development activities. Also will increase access to preventative health care programs and screenings. Provides that local councils would distribute the majority of the funding, with oversight by a statewide board; dedicates funding from an increase on the sales price of tobacco products.
http://www.azsos.gov/election/2006/General/BallotMeasureText/PROP203(I-16-2006).pdf
Title: V. 18 (Prop. 203)
Source: Arizona Secretary of State
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of each student at least once at the elementary, middle and high school level. The regulation would also outline the grades at which the assessment will be given. The assessment results are to be provided to the parent, guardian or relative caregiver.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+372/$file/3041430015.doc?open
Title: H.B. 372
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires the department to provide technical assistance in the development and any training related to implementation; provides that the department could also work with an outside entity, such as the Nemours Health and Prevention Services, to conduct an evaluation.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS143.nsf/vwLegislation/
Title: H.B. 471
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on school grounds for contamination; (2) reducing students' exposure to diesel emissions from school buses; (3) studying mold and mildew prevention; (4) establishing guidelines for Integrated Pest Management; (5) the use of pesticides; (6) parental and school staff notification of of pesticide use; and (7) encouraging local boards of education to remove mercury used as teaching aids.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1502v0.html
Title: H.B. 1502
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html
Title: H.B. 2699
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health certificate. Dental health certificates must contain a report of a comprehensive dental examination performed on such child.
Title: A.B. 6640
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease of every child in this state born on and after January 1, 2005 beginning with enrollment in any public, private or parochial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or secondary school. Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and supervise the execution of a program of immunization, surveillance and testing against invasive pneumococcal disease.
Title: A.B. 8761
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Rule Adoption 07/2006 | P-12 | Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for students to meet the requirements for graduation; change the methodology for calculating accreditation ratings; create greater flexibility for transfer students; add more rigorous benchmarks for accreditation; and better define sanctions for schools, superintendents, and school boards if a school loses its accreditation. Revisions also require all elementary and middle schools to require students to participate in a program of physical fitness during the regular school year in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Education. Changes made to the proposed regulations (i) add defined terms and clarify existing terms; (ii) clarify that students who are limited English proficient (LEP) may be granted an exemption from Standards of Learning (SOL) testing in the areas of writing, science, and history and social science; (iii)add a provision encouraging elementary schools to provide instruction in foreign languages; (iv) allow advanced courses to include Cambridge courses, in addition to Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and college level courses for degree credit; (v) beginning with the academic year 2008-2009, limit middle school teachers to a teaching load of no more than 25 class periods a week; (vi) restore language removed in the proposed regulation regarding teachers of block programs that encompass more than one class period with no more than 120 student periods per day may teach 30 class periods per week; (vii) add a provision for one planning period per day or equivalent for middle and secondary teachers; (viii) cross reference the responsibility of the division superintendent in reporting compliance with preaccreditation eligibility requirements; and (ix) repeal Appendix I, which is expired. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/f8v20131.doc
Title: 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol22/iss24/v22i24.pdf (pg. 137 of 336)
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| AK | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on psychotropic medications, get a psychiatric evaluation or seek psychiatric or psychological treatment. Defines what communications are allowed, who can do evaluations and parental protections against being reported to office of child services because they disagree with psychotropic medications. Provisions allow behavioral, psychological or psychiatric screening by those qualified to do so, with parental consent.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0048Z&session=24
Title: S.B. 48
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools from counties with specified populations and poverty levels; includes charter schools; requires participating schools to include a curriculum with a structure for each physical education class that follows the centers for disease control guidelines that recommend moderate to vigorous physical activity for fifty per cent of classroom time; appropriates funds for grants.
Title: H.B. 2140
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and guidance to the Department of Education regarding current and future physical education and physical activity programs in state schools; provides for a report on childhood obesity.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS143.nsf/vwLegislation/
Title: S.B. 289
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Relates to a educational program on lead poisoning prevention and literature on childhood lead poisoning, lead screening of children, lead screening records maintenance, the reporting of cases of lead poisoning, policies and strategies to prevent and treat obesity, health care practitioner advice on morbidity, mortality, and costs regarding obesity, the best clinical practices for obesity prevention and treatment, counseling patients regarding healthy lifestyles, and the State Employee Wellness Council.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2006/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s1324er.pdf
Title: S.B. 1324
Source: Florida Legislature
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents and guardians. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=399132
Title: S.B. 448
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a condition of registration for courses at such institution. Requires every public and nonpublic postsecondary education institution to provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine against meningococcal disease to each admitted student or to the student's parent or guardian if the student is a minor.
Offers waiver to any student who signs a waiver stating that he/she has received and reviewed the information on meningococcal disease and its vaccine and has chosen not to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease for religious or other personal reasons, or who meets specified other conditions. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=399305
Title: H.B. 154
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awareness is required instruction in nonpublic secondary schools in a manner that is the sole discretion of the nonpublic secondary school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=402928
Title: S.B. 111
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec. | Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to minimize the possibility of an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Provides that the first priority cohorts are first-time freshmen and students living in on-campus residential facilities. Requires such students to present satisfactory evidence of current vaccination beginning with registration for the Fall 2006 semester, unless the secretary determines that an insufficient supply of vaccine is available. Requires schedule to provide for the time by which immunization must be required for these students in the event of an insufficient supply and for other cohorts of students to present such evidence to register for classes. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=406234
Title: H.B. 768
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MA | Adopted 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Implements the statutory requirement that students enrolled inMassachusetts institutions of higher education participate in a qualifyingstudent health insurance program. Sets forth the minimum benefit levels andrequired services for student health insurance plans and the criteria by which aschool may waive a student's participation upon demonstration of comparableinsurance coverage. Updates the required benefits section by removing outdatedbenefit schedules and replacing them with basic requirements for student healthplans. Clarifies that student health insurance carriers must comply withrelevant Insurance Department statutes and regulations. MASSACHUSETTS 8726
http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/stateregs.html
Title: 114.6 CMR 3.00
Source: Massachusetts Regulations
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| NJ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires department of health and senior services to develop an educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis; directs the commissioner of education to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians of students in grade 6 through 12 at the start of the 2006 school year; provides that beginning in the 2007 school year, a district will be required to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians of students in the sixth grade only; encourages private schools to distribute the fact sheet.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S1500/1461_I1.PDF
Title: S.B. 1461
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
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| NY | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Enacts the Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act. Directs the Commissioners of Health, Education and Environmental Conservation and an advisory committee established by the Commissioner of Health to develop programs and regulations to promote the protection of children from environmental hazards and to report to the governor and legislature.
Title: A.B. 6905
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Died 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires the education department to establish a comprehensive program on the prevention of skin cancer to be incorporated into the curricula of each school grade.
Title: S.B. 4090
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing grants to school-based health centers; directs the division to develop criteria for the grants in consultation with school-based health centers; creates the school- based health center grant program fund; authorizes the annual transfer of moneys out of the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund to fund the grant program; makes an appropriation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/6199F0EF630E65F687257140005E782D?Open&file=1396_rer.pdf
Title: H.B. 1396
Source: Colorado Legislaure
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and the children's basic health plan; directs the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing to select school districts to participate in the demonstration project; establishes an advisory committee to make recommendations to the executive director on the demonstration project.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/897BB7820C50DDA9872570CE00794804?Open&file=1270_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1270
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and programs in order to address the physical health needs of students; provides that school boards may implement them by the 2007-08 school year and have a plan in place for each successive school year. Public Act No. 44
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/ACT/Pa/pdf/2006PA-00044-R00SB-00204-PA.pdf
Title: S.B. 204
Source: Connecticut Legislature
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | 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 otherwise utilized by a public or private institution of higher education. Provides the the prohibition does not apply to any commercial area within the building. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/94/PDF/094-0770.pdf
Title: S.B. 2465
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic school to permit the self-administration of medication by a pupil with asthma. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Defines an epinephrine auto-injector as a medical device for immediate self-administration by a person at risk of anaphylaxis. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=2898&GAID=8&LegID=24007&SpecSess=&Session=
Title: S.B. 2898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2728lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2728
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Includes auto-injectible epinephrine for anaphylactic shock as a permissible self-administered medication. Specifies necessary conditions for self-administration including a written treatment plan, proof that a student has demonstrated the skill required, and a signed liability release for the school.
http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/biltxt/truly/HB1732T.HTM
Title: H.B. 1732
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB3918.pdf
Title: S.B. 3918
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening allergies; requires the LEAs to implement plans based on the guidelines by July 1, 2007.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2442.pdf
Title: H.B. 2442; SB 2883
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary and secondary school students.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB3750.pdf
Title: H.B. 3750
Source: Tennessee Legislature
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate practices regarding students with life-threatening allergies and chronic illnesses; and prepare and distribute policies, training materials, and school guidelines for managing students with life-threatening allergies and chronic illnesses, including family responsibilities, school responsibilities, and student responsibilities. Directs districts to annually:
(A) inform parents of students with life-threatening allergies and life-threatening chronic illnesses of applicable provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other applicable federal statutes, state statutes, federal regulations, and state rules;
(B) inform appropriate school staff of their responsibilities; and
(C) provide necessary training to carry out these responsibilities. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT158.HTM
Title: H.B. 611
Source: www.leg.state.vt.us
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who prohibits a pupil from using an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that the student was not allowed to possess and use an inhaler or who allows a pupil to use an inhaler because of the employee's good faith belief that student was allowed to possess and use an inhaler. (Extends laws governing inhaler use by asthmatic pupils in public schools to private schools.)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act398.pdf
Title: A.B. 1132
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to:
a. Assess current policies and statutes affecting the health of children, specifically physical activity, physical education, food and nutrition, and nutrition education for children ages 3-18.
b. Develop recommendations for policy and statutory changes to enhance the health and well-being of children, including, but not limited to, physical activity, food and nutrition, and education related to these topics.
c. Submit its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by January 1, 2007. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2251
Title: S.B. 2251
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students in grades 6 through 12 if other health information is also provided, and lists information to be included; requires the Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department for Public Health, to develop and make the information available to local school districts. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB475/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 475
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing health curriculum. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB589/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 589
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be incorporated into other existing health education programs. Provides that the program may include material to specifically address individuals who may be at high-risk of infection, including students. Requires the Department for Public Health to report on the hepatitis C education, awareness, and information program to the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare by December 1, 2006, and every 6 months thereafter, or upon request of the committee. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB540/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 540
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize the county health department to designate the coordinator; requires the coordinator to carry out specified duties; requires the county board to grant the coordinator specified authority.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0613t.pdf
Title: H.B. 613
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to maintain enrollment in college due to mental or physical illness if they would otherwise terminate coverage due to a requirement that dependent children of a specified age be enrolled in college to maintain eligibility; provides that an insurer may require written documentation from a health care provider and the student's school. Public Law No. 532
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/chapdocs/PUBLIC532.doc
Title: S.B. 777; LD 2014
Source: Maine Legislature
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Sets out the minimum requirements for the immunization of children for the state board to include in their regulations. The requirements bring the Commonwealth in line with the Immunization Schedule developed and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The bill also requires the State Board of Health to review the section annually and make recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill is contingent on funding. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0716
Title: S.B. 116
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolled in physical education courses to a requirement that body mass index data be collected and reported on a sample number of students.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb785%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 785
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to increase the physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption of targeted elementary school students, with a long-term goal of developing a model program to support and sustain such healthy behavior and incorporate 60 minutes of physical activity per day, which can be replicated in other communities. Requires the deparment to award competitive grants to six communities in each of the six public health regions in the state and provide technical assistance on program administration. Lists qualifications of eligible candidates. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2124
Title: S.B. 2124
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillator without requiring a certificate; removes the use of an automatic or semiautomatic defibrillator from the definition of basic life support and removes the requirement that an entity that acquires a defibrillator ensure that the users have completed certain courses and have enlisted a physician for medical direction. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/HE/HE1106.1.html
Title: H.B. 1106
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Directs local school districts to establish local school health councils to provide guidance on the development and implementation of a local school wellness plan.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0319SG.htm
Title: H.B. 319
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum to education students regarding substance abuse; strongly urges the citizens of the state to increase their awareness of the destructive effects of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs on youth; recognizes local youth councils and other youth groups for helping keep their peers from getting caught up in the trap of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2006/bills/hbillenr/hcr003.pdf
Title: H.C.R. 3
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in public elementary schools, charter schools and private schools that participate in the Parental Choice Program. Expands the definition of volunteer health care provider to include a nurse practitioner.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act188.pdf
Title: A.B. 829
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | 2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and charter schools information about meningococcal disease, including the causes and symptoms of the disease, how it is spread, how to obtain additional information, and the availability, effectiveness, and risks of vaccinations. DPI may do so by posting the information on its Internet site. At the beginning of every school year from 2006-07 to 2011-12, schools are required to provide parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 with the information. At the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, and every school year thereafter, schools are required to
provide the information only to parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in grade 6.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act221.pdf
Title: A.B. 589
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state board to adopt guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans on or before January 1, 2007; requires each county board of education to adopt a diabetes care plan meeting the guidelines for diabetes care plans adopted by the state board.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2548%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2548
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Issued 12/2005 | P-12 | Executive order No. 72 addresses many of the Governor's Task Force on Steroid Use and Prevention. Directs the Department of Education to work with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to develop and implement a program of random testing for steroids among teams and individuals qualifying for championship games, which will commence with the 2006-2007 school year. Directs the Department of Health and Senior Services to develop and implement a program to randomly test dietary supplement products for sale in New Jersey to detect steroid contamination. Directs the Department of Education to work with the Department of Health and Senior Services and other agencies to implement a broad-range of educational components from the fifth grade level on up through high school.
Title: Executive Order No. 72
Source: http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/governor/
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2005 | P-12 | This bill would require local educational agencies that participate in specified federal school lunch programs to establish
and implement a local school wellness policy. This bill would require local educational agencies that are subject to this
requirement to designate one or more persons, as specified, to be charged with operational responsibility for ensuring the compliance
of each school with the wellness policy.
Title: S.B. 567
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Prohibited substances. The bill would prohibit specified dietary supplements from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic high school sports 60 days after specified information is posted on the State Departmentof Education's Internet Web site. The bill would require the California Interscholastic Federation to amend its constitution and bylaws to require that school districts prohibit a pupil from participating in high school sports on and after July 1, 2006, unless that pupil signs a pledge not to use anabolic steroids without a prescription from a licensed health care practioner or a prohibited dietary supplement and the parent or guardian of that pupil signs a notification form regarding those restrictions.
Title: S.B. 37
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health
curriculum framework at its next revision, with a focus on pupils' eating behaviors. This bill would require the state board to adopt, on or before
March 1, 2008, content standards in the curriculum area of health education. The bill would make that duty contingent upon the
availability of funding.
Title: H.B. 689
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | Community College
Postsec. | An act to amend Section 76355 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to the funding of student health services in the California Community Colleges. Deletes the provision exempting certain students from health supervision and services fees.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_982_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 982
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | Provides that each school shall require that every child entering or attending such school shall produce proof of immunization in accordance with the public health law. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S03165&sh=t
Title: S.B. 3165
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Rule Adoption 09/2005 | P-12 | 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/info/register/2005/sept28/pdfs/Rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 136.1 - 136.3
Source: StateNet
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| PA | Active 09/2005 | P-12 | A Pennsylvania Department of Health Program. Pre-existing school health regulations require that a school nurse or teacher conduct height and weight measurements of students annually and that every effort be made to determine the pattern of growth for each child. The revised procedures require the height and weight measurements to be used to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) which is plotted on growth charts developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The revised procedures were voluntary for the 2004-2005 school year. Mandatory implementation begins in school year 2005-06 for grades K-4 and will expand to three additional grades each year thereafter until all 12 grades are included. Each school district and charter school will receive materials that provide guidance on properly measuring children's heights and weights, calculating and plotting BMI and notifying parents/guardians of the screening results.
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=190&q=238661&healthNav=%7C4473%7C
Title:
Source: www.dsf.health.state.pa.us
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| IL | Vetoed 08/2005 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to establish a state goal that all school districts have a wellness policy consistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, which include the following:
(1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school campus during the school day;
(2) setting school goals for nutrition education and physical activity;
(3) establishing community participation in creating local wellness policies; and
(4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of these wellness policies.
Requires the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services and the State Board to form an interagency working group to publish model wellness policies and recommendations, to be distributed to all school districts by June 2006. Creates the School Wellness Policy Taskforce to identify barriers to implementing wellness policies, recommend how to reduce those barriers, recommend statewide school nutrition standards, and evaluate the effectiveness of wellness policies. Effective immediately.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=50&GA=94&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=0733&GAID=8&LegID=15218&SpecSess=&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0733gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15218&DocNum=0733&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 733
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagency collaboration. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s5352
Title: S.B. 5352
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2005 | P-12 | Requires the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in elementary and secondary schools; defines terms;authorizes the commissioners of general services and education to promulgate necessary rules and regulations. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S05435&sh=t
Title: S.B. 5435
Source: StateNet
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| AK | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | An Act relating to self-administration and documentation of certain types of medication prescribed to a child attending school.
Title: H.B. 85
Source: StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Defines "pesticide" and adds an emergency exception to the pesticide application prohibition at day care centers. The exception includes emergency applications to address mosquitoes and stinging insects. ftp://159.247.160.79/textofbill/s/2005SB-00916-R04-SB.htm
Title: S.B. 916
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web Site
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct asbestos tests prior to renovations or painting of school facilities at all DOE schools. Directs DOE to maintain a record of all students at King intermediate who may have been exposed to asbestos
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1295_sd2_.htm
Title: H.B. 1295
Source: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education to establish a school health recognition program that: (1) publicly identifies those schools that have implemented programs to increase the level of physical activity of their students; (2) publicly identifies those schools that have adopted policies or implemented programs to promote healthy nutritional choices for their students; and (3) allows recognized schools to share best practices and model services with other schools throughout the state.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0190
Title: H.B. 1541
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Requires instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator be included as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior high schools when cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction is being provided. In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health education be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils in the correct use of automated external defibrillators must possess valid certification by a nationally recognized organization or the state emergency medical services council.
Title: H.B. 236
Source: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Establishes a protocol to allow school districts to maintain asthma treatment agents as stock medication, in response to the epidemic of pediatric asthma.
Title: H.B. 2767
Source: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to protection from sun exposure and instruction regarding skin cancer.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08737&sh=t
Title: H.B. 8737
Source: StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Extends the implementation dates for several provisions of the Mercury Reduction and Education Act. In addition, it would clarify the definitions of certain products regulated by the act.
Title: H.B. 6598
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/
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| RI | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 07/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Prohibits a high school or public or private university or college from accepting any sponsorship or other payment from a performance-enhancing dietary supplement manufacturer to promote such manufacturer's performance-enhancing dietary supplement. Requires development of a list of such products and requires training of coaches.Prohibits the sale of certain performance enhancing supplements to minors.
Title: H.B. 6277
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requires the guidelines to include: (1) Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-threatening food allergies, including training related to the administration of medication with a cartridge injector pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-212a of the general statutes, (2) procedures for responding to life-threatening allergic reactions to food, (3) a process for the development of individualized health care and food allergy action plans for every student with a life-threatening food allergy, and (4) protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
Requires each local and regional board of education, by July 2006, to implement a plan, based on the department guidelines, for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00104-R00SB-01312-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 1312
Source: www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Vetoed 06/2005 | P-12 | Clarifies that K-5 daily physical exercise requirement must include at least 20 minutes of exercise per full school day in addition to any physical education requirements.
Authorizes every local and regional board of education to establish a School Wellness Committee to monitor and implement nutrition and physical activity policies required pursuant to the provisions of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, P.L. 108-265. States that each such committee is to make recommendations to its board of education regarding school wellness issues, including ordering Connecticut grown foods for inclusion in school meals, conducting school fundraisers with either healthy food or nonfood items, establishing a nutrition education curriculum and promoting physical education and exercise. States that committee members may include a school administrator, a physical education teacher, a teacher who does not teach physical education, a school nurse, a local pediatrician, the food service director for the school district, two parents of children enrolled in a school in the school district, a middle school student, a member of the local or regional board of education and a high school student.
Requires school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any school sponsored or nonschool sponsored fundraising activities to sell only the following beverages: (1) Water, (2) milk, including, but not limited to, chocolate milk, soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or nondairy milk, (3) one hundred per cent fruit juice or vegetable juice or a combination of such juices, (4) beverages that contain only water and fruit juice and have no added natural or artificial sweeteners, and (5) one-half hour after the last lunch period in high schools only, sugar free soft drinks or electrolyte replacement beverages containing no more than forty-two grams of added sweetener per twenty ounce serving, provided such sugar free soft drinks or electrolyte replacement beverages constitute no more than twenty per cent each of the beverage options permitted pursuant to this subsection.
Authorizes a local or regional board of education to permit the sale of other beverages to students at middle schools or high schools provided (1) such sale is in connection with a school sponsored event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such beverages are not sold from a vending machine or school store.
Requires the Department of Education to annually publish a list of recommended prepackaged foods and set nutritional standards for other foods, other than beverages and foods served as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, that may be offered as the only foods on school premises for sale to students. Requires local and regional boards of education to implement such recommendations and permit students on school premises to buy only those foods (1) included in the list of recommended prepackaged foods, (2) meeting the nutritional standards set by the department, or (3) served as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, not later than August 15, 2006, and annually thereafter.
Allows a local or regional board of education to permit the sale to students of foods that are not listed as recommended prepackaged foods or do not meet the nutritional standards set by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, provided (1) such sale is in connection with a school sponsored event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such foods are not sold from a vending machine or school store.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00117-R00SB-01309-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 1309
Source: www.cga.ct.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to:
(1) Encourage and motivate children of all physical abilities to participate in physical activity for the purpose of allowing all children to reach their full potential as individuals.
(2) Improve physical activity and fitness in schools by encouraging innovative physical education programs that consist of physical exertion of a moderate to vigorous intensity level.
(3) Improve nutrition in children by making available during the day snacks with higher nutritional values.
(4) Increase the awareness of children about the importance of physical activity and improved nutrition and the effects of both on improving health.
(5) Encourage increased parental awareness of the positive impact on health and fitness of increasing the activity level of children and of improving nutrition.
(6) Encourage daily physical activity and the development of lifelong patterns of physical activity.
(7) Encourage the enjoyment of physical activity and the improvement of nutritional and eating habits.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=319230
Title: S.B. 146 (Sections K-
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MN | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | A secondary student may possess and use nonprescription pain relief in a manner consistent with the labeling, if the district has received a written authorization from the student's parent or guardian permitting the student to self-administer the medication. The parent or guardian must submit written authorization for the student to self-administer the medication each school year. The district may revoke a student's privilege to possess and use nonprescription pain relievers if the district determines that the student is abusing the privilege. This section does not apply to the possession or use of any drug or product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as its sole active ingredient or as one of its active ingredients.
Title: S.F. 232
Source: StateNet
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| MO | DELIVERED TO SECRETARY OF STATE 06/2005 | P-12 | The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish a "Model School Wellness Program", and any moneys appropriated, other than general revenue, by the general assembly for this program shall be used by selected school districts to establish school-based pilot programs that focus on encouraging students to establish and maintain healthy lifestyles. The moneys appropriated shall be from the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization federal grant money. These programs shall include tobacco prevention education and the promotion of balanced dietary patterns and physical activity to prevent becoming overweight or obese, and discussion of serious and chronic medical conditions that are associated with being overweight. The content of these programs shall address state and national standards and guidelines established by the No Child Left Behind Act, the Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators as compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Produce for Better Health Foundation's "5 A Day, The Color Way" program.
Title: H.B. 568
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Rule Adoption 06/2005 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding school immunization requirements. MONTANA REG 4718 (SN)
Title: ARM New Rules I thru III, 37.114.701, .702, .704, .705, .708, .709, .710, .715, .716, .720, .721
Source: StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Gives school committees (boards) the authority to address the health and wellness of students and employees and to establish a subcommittee to decrease obesity and address school health and wellness policies for students and employees. Requires strategic plans to include strategies to decrease obesity and to improve health and wellness of students through nutrition, physical activity, and education. These strategies must be submitted to the state department by May 1 of each year. Subcommittees are responsible for the development of policies, strategies, and implementation plans that meet the requirements of the child nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. These strategies are to be forwarded for approval to the full school committee. Requries the state department to provide technical assistance and support to the school health and wellness subcommittees on best practices, professional development on coordinated school health
issues, suggested initiatives, and will support communication among the school health and wellness subcommittees by sharing information on the activities, efforts, and experiences of subcommittees across the state. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Billtext/BillText05/HouseText05/H5563A.pdf
Title: H.B. 5563, S.B. 565
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amount of physical education instruction that each student in kindergarten through fifth grade must receive each week on a phased-in basis. Provides for physical education teacher to student ratio. Provides for a measure of effectiveness of the physical education program and for a physical education activity director. Provides for the appropriation of of funds for licensed nurses in elementary schools. Provides for a coordinated school health model and an assessment program for school health programs. Provides for the minimum amount of time elementary school students must have to eat lunch. Provides for the establishment of a district level and elementary level coordinated school health advisory council and sets its powers and dutires. Provides for a weekly nutrition component for the health curriculum. Implementation is contingent on funding. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/prever/3499_20050525.htm
Title: H.B. 3499
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| SC | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 06/2005 | P-12 | Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act addresses circumstances relating to children and lead poisoning. Revises requirements. Affects child care facilities. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/prever/3582_20050526.htm
Title: H.B. 3582
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to indoor air quality and mold in schools Encourages each district to conduct an inspection and evaluation program, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program, for its facilities. Such program may include, but need not be limited to, the following measures: (1) Ensuring that an adequate amount of outdoor air is being supplied; (2) Testing for radon; (3) Separating students and staff from construction and renovation areas; (4) Reducing use of products, such as adhesives, floor-care products, and pesticides, that require ventilation during use; and (5) Maintaining relative humidity to an appropriate level during hot and humid summers. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0291.pdf
Title: S.B. 641
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | The bill adds Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code to establish provisions relating to the care of public school elementary and secondary school students with diabetes. Requires an individualized health care plan for any student who will seek care for diabetes while at school or participating in a school activity. The individual health plan is to be developed by the school principal, school nurse, the student's parent or guardian, and to the extent possible the student's physician and one or more of their teachers.
At each campus attended by one or more students with diabetes, the bill requires a school principal to ensure that there is at least one school employee trained as an unlicensed diabetes care assistant (UDCA) if there is a full-time school nurse employed at the campus and three personnel trained as UDCAs if a nurse is not assigned to the school. Training is required for these individuals and would be conducted prior to the beginning of the school year or as soon as practicable upon enrollment or diagnosis of a student with diabetes. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00984&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 984
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Requires the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to develop an educational program for students engaged in extracurricular athletic activities by September 1, 2005. Requires UIL to commission a survey during the 2005-06 school year to gather data on illegal steroid use among high school students. Requries UIL to contract with a third party to conduct a study to determine the effectiveness of the educational steroid program and to plan for future implementation of a random mandatory steroid test. This information must be included in a report submitted to the legislature not later than December 1, 2006. Requires the Texas Education Agency in conjunction with the Department of State Health Services to develop informational material on the legal and health ramifications of anabolic steroids and distribute the information to school districts. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=03563&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 3563
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth grade; encourages the use of nationally recognized health and physical education guidelines; directs the reporting of information on physical activity, School Health Advisory Councils, and compliance with guidelines on vending machines, food service, and tobacco products; directs coordinated health programs approved by the Texas Education Agency to comply with the Department of Agriculture guidelines on foods of minimal nutritional value; and reinstates the School Health Advisory Committee. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00042&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 42
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec. | Requires a postsecondary educational institution in the state to provide written notice to each student who intends to reside in campus housing before the student's initial period of residence. Requires written notice to include information on the seriousness and transmission of meningococcal disease, notice that students in campus housing are at a moderately increased risk of contracting meningococcal disease, and that immunization against meningococcal disease decreases the risk of contracting the illness. Requires a college student to provide the institution with a signed document stating that the student has received either an immunization against meningococcal disease or the aforementioned notice.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0185Z&session=24
Title: H.B. 185
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards to adopt policies allowing students diagnosed with anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer emergency medications, including auto-injectible epinephrine while at school and school-sponsored activities. Specifies related provisions and procedures.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1309
Title: S.B. 1309
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes a K-12 student who has experienced or is at risk for life-threatening allergic reactions to self-administer epinephrine by auto-injector at school, on school grounds or at school functions with prior parental and physician authorization. Requires the state board to adopt rules that must include provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of auto-injectors. Provides for indemnification. Amends 1002.20
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=15760&iSessionSelectedIndex=1&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=279&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=2&iBillSearchListPageIndex=0
Title: H.B. 279
Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Vetoed 05/2005 | P-12 | Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychotropic medication as condition of receipt of educational services. Requires that, before a student is evaluated for the purposes of
classification or placement for special education for any disorder listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the parent must be notified that:
(a) The behaviors prompting the evaluation could be the result of underlying physical conditions.
(b) The parent should consider consulting a medical doctor to rule out physical causes.
(c) The parent has the right to decline the evaluation.
(d) The evaluation and subsequent classification or placement may be documented on the student's cumulative record.
(Vetoed because similar bill enacted, S.B. 1090: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=16186&iSessionSelectedIndex=1&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=1090&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=1&iBillSearchListPageIndex=0)
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/bills_detail.aspx?Id=15715&iSessionSelectedIndex=1&sBillSubjectText=&sBillNumberText=1090&iSponsorSelectedIndex=0&iBillListSelectedIndex=0&sStatueAmendedText=&iBillTypeSelectedIndex=0&iReferredToSelectedIndex=0&iChamberSelectedIndex=1&iBillSearchListPageIndex=0
Title: H.B. 209
Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Relates to athletic trainers; amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to require that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school in this state must be licensed as an athletic trainer; provides an exception for a student-trainer, assistant-trainer, or similar person. (Nothing in this section is to be construed to require licensure of elementary or secondary school teachers, coaches, or authorized volunteers who do not hold themselves out to the public as athletic trainers.) http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/versions/hb217_HB_217_AP_7.htm
Title: H.B. 217
Source: http://www.legis.state.ga.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires public and nonpublic schools to distribute materials concerning meningococcal meningitis and its vaccines. Requires the department of education to develop the material to be distributed. Provides for medication possessed by a school for administration to a student to be released to the student's parent or an individual who is at least 18 years of age or sent home with the student, if the student's parent provides written permission. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/SE/SE0326.1.html
Title: S.B. 326
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills
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| NV | (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 43. 05/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT relating to pupils; requiring a principal or a school nurse of a public school to allow pupils to self-administer prescribed medications for asthma and anaphylaxis under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto
Title: H.B. 182
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Allows schools to offer instruction in the Heimlich maneuver to students in physical education classes; requires districts to ensure that a minimum of one certified teacher and one noncertified staff member at each school site receives training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver each year. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb618_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 618
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OR | Adopted 05/2005 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding School-Based Health Services (SBHS). Relates to the requirements and operations for conducting SBHS. Describes the Medicaid covered services available to Medicaid eligible students receiving Health Services on a fee-for-service basis when 'Necessary and Appropriate' and within the limitations established by the Medical Assistance Program. OREGON REG 26453 (SN)
Title: OAR 410-133-0000, -0040, -0060, -0080, -0090, -0100, -0120, -0140, -0160, -0180, -0200, -0220, -0280, - 0300, -0320, -0340
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires districts to adopt policy requiring a student with special health care needs to have an individual health care plan that allows stuents to self-administer medication and to require parents to provide medical information and approval for self-medication. Requires the state department to develop guidelines for required components of a written student individual health care plan and develop a notice to be sent by districts to all parents or guardians notifying them of services and rights. Provides immunity from liability for districts and their employees. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/prever/144_20050518.htmSigned into law
Title: S.B. 144
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 | P-12 | Amends Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68. Authorizes local districts to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at risk for obesity. Such programs would use volunteers to determine students' body mass indexes, provide each student's parents or guardians with a confidential health report card that represents the result of the child's BMI-for-age screening along with basic educational information on what the results mean and what the parents or guardians should do with the information. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0194.pdf
Title: H.B. 445
Source: http://tennessee.gov/
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 | P-12 | Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction which will enable students to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyle habits. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR0088.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 88
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 | P-12 | Resolution urges the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and implement a suitable program, one which
accommodates increased physical activity, reduced vending machine usage, and enhanced dietary lunches, for Tennessee's elementary, secondary, middle, and high schools that will successfully combat the problem of childhood obesity. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HJR0085.pdf
Title: H.J.R. 85
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | With respect to public institutions of higher education, upon the adoption of smoking policies by the administrative head of such institution, the administrative head is not required to provide an indoors smoking area in each student dormitory or other facility. The administrative head of each institution is encouraged to provide for reasonable smoke-free zones at all building entrances and exits. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0329.pdf
Title: S.B. 757
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 primary or secondary nonvocational education program, any of the following: elemental mercury, chemicals containing mercury or mercury compounds, or mercury-added measuring devices. Other mercury-added products that are used by schools are not subject to this prohibition. No person shall bring elemental mercury onto the premises or into the buildings of schools located in Vermont, including child care facilities, preschools, kindergartens, and primary and secondary schools. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/bills/passed/S-084.HTM
Title: S.B. 84
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs
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| WA | Paritally Vetoed 05/2005 | Postsec. | Requires schools to provide information on meningococcal immunization.
Title: H.B. 1463
Source: StateNet
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires that public and private schools provide the parents and guardians of students with information about meningococcal disease at the beginning of every school year. http://www.leg.wa.gov
Title: H.B. 1463
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 to promoting healthy lifestyles; creating a Healthy Lifestyles Office in the Department of Education and the Arts; establishing the functions of the Office; creating a special revenue account; establishing a voluntary menu labeling program; requiring physical activity in the schools; and encouraging the use of health foods and beverages in the vending machines of schools.Requires the state department to establish the requirement that each child enrolled in the public schools of this state actively participates in physical education classes during the school year to the level of his or her ability as follows:
(1) Kindergarten to and including grade five. -- Not less than thirty minutes of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities, for not less than three days a week.
(2) Grade six to and including grade eight. -- Not less than one full period of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities, each school day of one semester of the school year.
(3) Grade nine to and including grade twelve. -- Not less than one full course credit of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities which shall be required for graduation and the opportunity to enroll in an elective lifetime physical education course. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2816%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2816
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 activity, or at an off-site school-sponsored activity with parental written authorization and appropriate medical documentation. Prohibits a student from sharing, transferring, or in any way diverting his or her own medications to any other person.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2976.pdf
Title: H.B. 2976
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Permits students authorized by a licensed health care professional to possess and self-administer breathing medication in handheld inhaler devices.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2229
Title: H.B. 2229
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request or authorization. States that a district, a charter school or employees thereof are immune from civil liability for the consequences of good faith adoption and implementation of policies and procedures related to administration of medication to students.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1122
Title: S.B. 1122
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| AZ | Vetoed 04/2005 | P-12 | Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides written consent to the disclosure of the information requested, from:
(1) Undertaking or contracting to undertake any behavioral or mental health screening on a student in grades K-12.
(2) Asking or compelling a K-12 student to disclose personal information about the student's or student's family's behavioral or mental health history.
(3) Requiring a K-12 student to participate in a survey, assessment, screening, analysis or evaluation used to detect any behavioral or mental disorder or illness.
Specifies the necessary content for written notification.
Exempts the chemical abuse and related gang activity survey conducted by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission from these provisions.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1270
Title: S.B. 1270
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes a student with asthma, severe allergies or another related, life-threatening condition to possess and self-administer prescribed medications during school, while at school-sponsored activities, or while in transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities, if there is an approved treatment plan. Requires a public school to approve a treatment plan that meets specified conditions. Authorizes the department of public health and environment to audit school records to determine asthma and severe allergic reaction rates within schools. http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/56A37C41B27C036487256F55006A272B?Open&file=156_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 156
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the school day. Requires the state board of education to consult with other state agencies, private foundations and other private entities in developing such guidelines, and to give particular attention to providing healthful foods and beverages, physical activities and wellness education with the goals of preventing and reducing childhood obesity. Requires local boards to consider these guidelines when establishing the district's wellness policy.
http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/searchBillNumber.do
Title: S.B. 154
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Sets parameters for self-administration of medication. Notes: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN0010.pdf
Full text: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38826
Title: S.B. 10
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 2005. Requires every accredited high school to also teach the subjects and areas of instruction necessary to meet the graduation requirements adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 2005. Requires the state board to design subjects and areas of instruction to achieve the following goals established by the legislature to allow for the:
(1) Development of sufficient oral and written communication skills which enable students to function in a complex and rapidly changing society;
(2) acquisition of sufficient knowledge of economic, social and political systems which enable students to understand the issues that affect the community, state and nation;
(3) development of students' mental and physical wellness;
(4) development of knowledge of the fine arts to enable students to appreciate the cultural and historical heritage of others;
(5) training or preparation for advanced training in either academic or vocational fields so as to enable students to choose and pursue life work intelligently;
(6) development of sufficient levels of academic or vocational skills to enable students to compete favorably in academics and the job market;
and
(7) needs of students requiring special education services.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 6)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Concerns the department of health and environment; relates to the director of health; concerns infectious and contagious diseases, use of quarantine and isolation for minors and persons over 18 or emancipated minors who refuse vaccination, requires tuberculosis evaluations for certain students who enter college or university classrooms.
Full text: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/2264.pdf
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37087
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN2264.pdf
Title: H.B. 2264
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires each public school system to adopt a policy authorizing a student to possess and self- administer specified medication pertaining to the student's asthma or other airway-constricting disease while in school, at school-sponsored activities, or on school property; requires prior written approval from a student's health practitioner and parent or legal guardian before a student can self-administer medication.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/hb0143.htm
Title: H.B. 143
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Rule Adoption 04/2005 | P-12 | Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State assessments, prekindergarten requirements, kindergarten and prekindergarten phase-in dates, enrollment and transfers, and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Updates references to the MSRSM. MARYLAND REG 10154 (SN)
Title: COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requiring all vending machines in public schools to have and use a timing device in accordance with specified policies.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/bills/sb/sb0473e.pdf
Title: S.B. 473
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Allows asthma self medication in schools.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0396.htm
Title: H.B. 396
Source: StateNet
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| NC | To governor 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires local school boards to adopt policies permitting students diagnosed with asthma to possess and self-administer certain asthma or anaphylaxis medications.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H496v4.html
Title: H.B. 496
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health (DOH) to convene a work group to reevaluate and make recommendations for changes to procedures for visual screening of students in public schools. Directs the work group to consider the benefits of complete eye examinations for all children
and the most appropriate screening techniques. Directs the work group to consult with the Office of the Superintendent of Pubic Instruction,
the State Board of Health, the Optometric Physicians of Washington, and the Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.
Requires a preliminary report to the Legislature and the DOH by December 2005, and final recommendations by December 2006. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202005/1951-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1951
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/default.htm
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Establishes a program to inform students in local school districts about the Arkids First Program. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1895.pdf
ARKids First home page: http://www.arkidsfirst.com/home.htm
Title: H.B. 1895
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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 cafeteria, whether sold by contract, commercial vendor, or otherwise.
Requires every district to appoint a food service director who is responsible for the management and oversight of the food service program in the district; allows two or more contiguous districts to form a "school food service area," in which a school food service director must be jointly selected by the participating superintendents to oversee the school food service area. Each school food service director must be certified as a "school food service and nutrition specialist" or certified by a Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association within three years after this bill goes into effect. Requires school cafeteria managers to annually receive at least two hours of continuing education in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation.
Defines "competitive food," "school day" and school-day-approved beverage." Defines "school-day-approved beverage" as water, 100% fruit juice, lowfat milk, and any beverage that contains no more than 10 grams of sugar per serving. Requires the state board to specify the minimum nutritional standards for all foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs in vending machines, school stores, canteens, and a la carte cafeteria sales. Requires minimum nutritional standards to be based on the most recent edition of the United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Requires the state board rule to address serving size, sugar, and fat content of the foods and beverages. Permits school districts to impose more stringent standards than the state board standards. Requires all schools to follow the state board minimum standards unless the school has obtained a waiver from the state board. Requires any waiver approved by the state board to be reviewed on an annual basis.
Bars schools from selling competitive foods or beverages from the time of the arrival of the first student at the school building until 30 minutes after the last lunch period. Allows only school-day-approved beverages to be sold in elementary schools during the school day in vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers that sell beverages by students, teachers, or groups on school grounds.
Establishes fines and other sanctions for any public school that violates the school food nutrition requirements in section 4 of this bill.
Requires each school food service director to annually assess school nutrition in the district and issue a written report to parents, the local school board, and school-based decision making councils. The report must include:
(a) An evaluation of compliance with the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs;
(b) An evaluation of the availability of contracted fast foods or foods sold through commercial vendors;
(c) A review of access to foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and National School Lunch programs, including vending machines, school stores, canteens, and a la carte cafeteria sales;
(d) A list of foods and beverages that are available to students, including the nutritional value of those foods and beverages; and
(e) Recommendations for improving the school nutrition environment.
Requires the state board to develop an assessment tool that each school district may use to evaluate its physical activity environment. Requires the evaluation to be completed annually and released to the public at the same time as the school food service director's annual nutrition report. Requires every local board to discuss the findings of the nutrition report and physical activity report, seek public comments during a public meeting of the board, and annually hold an advertised public forum to present a plan to improve school nutrition and physical activities in the school district.
Requires each school council of an elementary school to develop and implement a wellness policy that includes moderate to vigorous physical activity each day and encourages healthy choices among students. The policy may permit physical activity to be considered part of the instructional day, up to 30 minutes per day, or 150 minutes per week. Each school council must adopt an assessment tool or utilize an existing assessment program to annually determine each child's level of physical activity. Requires the department to make available a list of available resources to carry out the provisions of this subsection, and to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on how the schools are providing physical activity under these requirements, and on the types of physical activity being provided. The policy developed by the school council must comply with provisions required by federal law, state law, or local board policy.
Bill summary, history and text: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB172.htm
Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/SB172/FN.doc
Title: S.B. 172
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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 the requirements of a school health professional under KRS 156.502 to administer glucagon subcutaneously to a diabetic student and diazepam rectal gel in a prefilled unit-dose delivery system to a student who has a seizure disorder. Prior to administering glucagon or diazepam rectal gel to a student, a school must obtain written authorization from the student's parent/guardian, to be renewed annually, and be provided with the prescribed medication in its unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy intact.
The school district or the governing body of each private and parochial school or school district must inform the parent or guardian of the student that the school and its employees and agents will not incur any liability as a result of any injury sustained by the student from any reaction to any medication to treat a hypoglycemic episode or a seizure or its administration, unless the injury is the result of negligence or misconduct on behalf of the school or its employees. The parent or guardian must sign a written release form.
Requires the school nurse or school administrator to check the expiration date monthly for each emergency glucagon kit or diazepam rectal gel prefilled unit-dose delivery system in the possession of the school. At least one month prior to the expiration date of each medication, the school nurse or school administrator must inform the parent or guardian of the expiration date.
http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB88.htm
Title: H.B. 88 § 2
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| ND | To governor 03/2005 | P-12 | Changes what each public and nonpublic high school must make available to each student In order to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction from one-half unit of health and one-half unit of physical education during each school year, to just one-half unit of health and one-half unit of physical education.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAKI0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | 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-administration of medication for the treatment of asthma and anaphylaxis
Title: S.B. 2163
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Allows public school students to carry and self- administer asthma medication and emergency anaphylaxis medication.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0275.pdf
Title: S.B. 275
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Provides that full time students enrolled for the first time in any four year public institution of higher education shall be vaccinated against hepatitis B unless the student signs a waiver that he has received and reviewed information on hepatitis B and the availability and effectiveness of being vaccinated.
Title: S.B. 712
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Adds self-injected epinephrine to those medications that public school students diagnosed with asthma or anaphylaxis, may self-administer under certain conditions; provides that school and health department personnel supervising the administration of this medication are immune from civil liability. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+ful+HB1743ER
Title: H.B. 1743
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| IL | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to make matching grants to any public school, public park district, public college or university required to have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) pursuant to the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Heartsaver AED Fund. Effective immediately.
Title: S.B. 2216
Source: StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Requires students to be immunized against chicken pox subject to certain exceptions.
Title: H.B. 463
Source: StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Repeals the requirement for tuberculosis screening for school students and employees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB39enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 39
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Requires school districts to permit students to possess and self administer inhaled asthma medication; imposes requirements; delegates duties to the Department of Education.
Title: S.F. 109
Source: StateNet
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| DE | Rule Adoption 12/2004 | P-12 | Reauthorizes the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program. Establishes rule making each school district have a sequential, skill-based K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Program which provides a foundation of understanding the relationship between personal behavior and health.
Title: 14 DAC, 851
Source: StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes self-monitoring and treatment of students with diabetes. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, no school district shall prohibit students with diabetes from possessing and administering glucose monitoring tests and insulin delivery systems, in accordance with department of public health regulations concerning students' self-administration of prescription medications.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/st02231.htm
Title: S.B. 2231
Source: StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2004 | P-12 | Directs school districts to establish policies regarding student possession and self-administration of certain asthma medications. Requires a written request from the parent regarding the order of the physician, school nurse or physician assistant.
Title: H.B. 1113
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires that if a vision appraisal is conducted by a school district, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil vision. Sets forth the text of the notice and the methods by which the department must develop the questionnaire. Provides such documents may be included with any other written communication sent to a parent or guardian. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1651-1700/sb_1692_bill_20040823_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1692_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 1692
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Teen Parents in Foster Care Act. Provides ways in which families of dependent minor parents may be preserved, by assisting such parents in raising their children, and participating in school and extracurricular activities. Encourages the state and local child welfare agencies to collect data on the number of minors in foster care who give birth and the number of minor parents who remain in placement with their minor children, and to collect information to be used to develop a more cost-effective infant supplemental payment rate structure to more adequately reimburse caregivers.
Requires child welfare agencies, to the greatest extent possible, to identify and utilize whole family placements and other placement models that provide supportive family focused care for dependent teens and their children. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1178_bill_20040823_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 1178
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine medication if the school district receives a written statement from the physician detailing the method, amount and time schedules by which the medication is to be taken and a written statement from a parent, foster parent or guardian indicating the desire that the district assist the pupil in the matters set forth in the physician's statement. subject a pupil to specified disciplinary actions if that pupil uses the auto-injectable epinephrine medication in a manner other than as prescribed.
This bill is operative only if AB 2132 of the 2003-04 Regular Session is enacted (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2101-2150/ab_2132_bill_20040929_status.html and http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2101-2150/ab_2132_bill_20040928_chaptered.pdf). http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1901-1950/sb_1912_bill_20040827_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 1912
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Specifies that before school may serve irradiated foods, the district must: (1) Take formal action permitting the use of irradiated foods.
(2) Make all of the following information available in any appropriate form to pupils and their parents:
(A) The purpose of irradiation use on foods.
(B) The effects of irradiation on the nutritional value of foods.
(C) Objective and balanced scientifically peer-reviewed research on the use of irradiation on foods.
(3) Ensure that menu items containing irradiated foods are clearly labeled with the phrase ''treated with irradiation'' or
''treated by irradiation.'' http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1951-2000/ab_1988_bill_20040825_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_1988_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1988
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes a pupil to carry and self-administer inhaled asthma medication if the school district receives certain statements regarding same. Requires the statements to be provided to the district at least annually and more frequently under certain conditions. Subjects a pupil to specified disciplinary actions if that pupil uses inhaled asthma medication in a manner other than as prescribed. This bill would make its provisions effective only if SB 1912 of the 2003-04 Regular Session is enacted. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2101-2150/ab_2132_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Title: A.B. 2132
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | 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 elementary, vocational, junior high, or high school. Makes a knowing violation of this prohibition a crime. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1159_bill_20040920_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1159_sign.pdf
Title: S.B. 1159
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Codifies regulations adopted by the State Air Resources Board that establish toxic control measures to limit schoolbus idling and idling at schools. Makes any violation subject to civil and administrative penalties and specifies the maximum civil penalty and that specified violations would also be subject to criminal penalties. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2601-2650/ab_2644_bill_20040818_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2644_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2644
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Repeals law that authorizes a school district governing board to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or children suffering from contagious/infectious diseases and repeals law requiring periodic reviews of decisions to exclude such children. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2853_2855_2856_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 15: Existing law requires every school district or private school that has children enrolled in the 1st grade to report by January 15 of each year to the county child health and disability prevention program, the State Department of Health Services, and the Department of Education on the total number of children enrolled in the 1st grade, the number of children who have had a health screening examination, and the number of
children whose parents or guardian have given a written waiver of the examination. Existing law requires the Department of Health Services to compile the district information and report annually to the Legislature the percentage levels of compliance with the health screening and waiver
requirements.
This bill eliminates all of those reporting requirements. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Section 12: Existing law deems a pupil to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil meets specified requirements, including, among others, that the pupil lives in the home of a caregiving adult that is located within the boundaries of that school district. Existing law contains a caregiver's authorization affidavit which, when completed and signed by a caregiver 18 years of age or older, authorizes the caregiver to enroll the minor in school and consent to school-related medical care on behalf of the minor. Under existing law, the affidavit is not valid for more than one year after the date on which it is executed. This bill would eliminate the one-year expiration date for the affidavit and would provide that the affidavit is invalid once the school, health care provider, or health care service plan receives notice that the minor is no longer living with the caregiver. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2853_2855_2856_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | 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 pupil, the pupil, upon the parent or guardian's written request, shall be excused from the part of the instruction that conflicts
with the religious training and beliefs. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2525_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| MA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Allows students with cystic fibrosis to self- administer prescription enzyme supplements; provides that no school district shall prohibit students with cystic fibrosis from processing and administering prescription enzyme supplements in accordance with Department of Public Health regulations concerning students' self-administration of prescription medications.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht04409.htm
Title: H.B. 4409
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires children born on or after January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1997 to be immunized against chicken pox (varicella) by the time they enter the sixth grade. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07690&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7690
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the provision of school health services; requires school health services shall be provided by each school district for all students in public schools; amends provisions relating to employment of health personnel in school, requirements of health certificates for students, testing for certain illnesses and impairments, dental examinations, vision, scoliosis and hearing screening, drug detection and immunizations; provides for a professional nurse and dietitians.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=a11306
Title: A.B. 11317
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Relates to establishing the safe routes to school program by the Department of Transportation; provides that money provided by the federal government pursuant to section 152 of title 23 of the United States code be given to localities, through the state Department of Transportation, for stated purposes related to safe routes to schools; provides for crosswalks, bicycle lanes, sidewalks and traffic calming measures.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=a10057
Title: A.B. 10057
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Requires, if instruction in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention will be taught by outside consultants, or if that instruction is to be given in an assembly by guest speakers, a school district to notify the parent or guardian of a pupil about that instruction no fewer than 14 days in advance of the instruction. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1901-1950/ab_1925_bill_20040830_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1925
Source: California Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2004 | P-12 | Prohibits governing boards of public and private schools and child care facilities from unconditionally admitting pupils who have not been fully immunized against mumps who have not reached the age of 7 years. Prohibits the governing authority from unconditionally admitting, or allowing a pupil at any grade level, unless the pupil has been fully immunized for hepatitis B. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1801-1850/ab_1822_bill_20040812_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_1822_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1822
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Amends the School Code and the Illinois Health Statistics Act. Provides that health examinations shall include the collection of data relating to obesity, including at a minimum, date of birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date of exam. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall collect and maintain health data on the extent, nature, and impact of obesity. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0966
Title: S.B. 2940
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Requires all children in specified grades in public, private and parochial school to have a dental examination. Provides that a school may hold a child's report card if a child in a certain grade fails to produce proof of a dental examination. Provides for a waiver. Provides a reporting date. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0946
Title: H.B. 752
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Prohibits the purchase or use of urinal or toilet deodorizers containing paradichlorobenzene in any public or private school buildings. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06143&sh=t
Title: S.B. 6143
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OK | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Requires each school to establish a Healthy and Fit Kids advisory committee to study and make recommendations to the school principal regarding:1. Health education; 2. Physical education and physical activity; and 3. Nutrition and health services. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb1627_ccs.rtf
Title: S.B. 1627
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AL | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules reducing the minimum training hours for unlicensed school personnel from 24 to 12 in order for the school nurse to delegate assistance with medications. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/VolXXIIN8/p315.htm#T2
Title: AAC 610-X-6-.06
Source: Alabama State Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2004 | P-12 | Encourages a school site council to consider, when it next reviews and updates its school safety plan, gun violence prevention in health education programs in high schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1177_bill_20040702_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_1177_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 1177
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Requires the secretary of the health and hospitals department to create an advisory board to establish a standard health form for schools, in order to eliminate the duplication of information submitted to schools and school nurses relative to immunizations, illnesses, allergies and sports physicals. Provides for members of the School Health Advisory Board. Requires the department of health and hospitals, office of public health to be responsible for providing administrative and technical assistance to the advisory board. Requires implementation of the use of the standard health form to begin by August, 2005 and for the form to be used exclusively in schools by August 15, 2007. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT3/OUT/0000LVLJ.PDF
Title: S.B. 826
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the physical activity and nutrition of students. Identifies childhood obesity as a growing problem in Louisiana. Identifies benefits of regular physical activity and healthy eating habits. States purposes of this section are: (1) To promote, encourage, and motivate children of all physical abilities to participate in physical activity for children to reach their full potential as individuals; (2) To promote physical activity and fitness in schools by encouraging innovative physical education programs that consist of physical exertion of a moderate to vigorous intensity level; (3) To promote improved nutritional levels in children by providing for snacks with higher nutritional value during the school day; (4) To inform children and their parents about the importance of physical activity and improved nutrition and the effects of both on positive outcomes. (5) To increase parental awareness of their children's activity and fitness levels. (6) To promote daily physical activity, the enjoyment of physical activity, the improvement of nutritional levels and eating habits and the development of lifelong patterns of physical activity.
Deletes existing provision that, beginning with the 2004-05 school year, schools serving children in grades K-6 provide at least thirty minutes of quality physical activity for students each school day. Replaces with provision that in 2004-05 school year, schools serving children in such grades provide at least thirty minutes of "quality moderate to vigorous" physical activity for students every school day. Requires every public elementary school to annually report to its local board on compliance with this provision. Also requires every local board to annually report to the state board on compliance with this provision. Requires suitably adapted physical activity to be included as part of the individual education plans for students with chronic health problems, other disabling conditions or other special needs that preclude participation in regular physical activity.
Encourages secondary school students not enrolled in a physical education course to participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity commensurate with student ability for at least 30 minutes a day.
Requires various state agents, including the department of education and the department of health and hospitals, as well as the American Heart Association, to collaborate to develop an outreach and communication plan consisting of current information and research on health, nutrition and physical education and fitness issues. This plan must be disseminated to every local public school board and made available to parents and students.
Beginning with the 2004-05 school year, requires a public elementary or secondary school selected from each regional education service center region in the state to be annually identified for an outstanding program of physical activity implemented at the school. As funds are available, requires monetary awards to be given these outstanding schools.
Allows any public school serving students in grades 7, 8, 9 or 10 to apply to participate in a three-year pilot program to begin in the 2005-06 school year. Requires the state board to choose up to eight schools from each of the eight regional service districts to participate in the program, striving to achieve equal geographic distribution. Identifies areas of study: (1) An annual assessment that measures aspects of health-related fitness, rather than skill or agility, of the students in participating schools; (2) An assessment of the changes in weight status of the students who are enrolled in participating schools and who are receiving combined nutritional and physical activity intervention versus a nutritional intervention or physical activity intervention alone; and (3) The collection of individual baseline and longitudinal data to measure the improvement of each individual student. No assessment shall compare any student to another. Idenfities state entities required to collaborate to develop the elements of the pilot program and the recommendations for its implementation. Requires every school selected to participate in the program to provide a comprehensive report to the state board at the end of each school year on the effectiveness of the pilot program in accomplishing the pilot program objectives.
States that the pilot program established in this bill must in no way interfere with or replace any effort, purpose, assessment or program implemented by the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT7/OUT/0000LVUO.PDF
Title: S.B. 871
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the requirement of vision screening for kindergarten students; provides that parents and guardians shall present certification that the child has passed an approved vision screening test; requires proof of a comprehensive eye exam and recommendations for treatment for children who fail the eye exam or who are diagnosed with neurodevelopmental delay.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/st00687.htm
Title: S.B. 687
Source: StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires student immunization against meningococcal disease; includes public and private colleges, universities and public and private secondary schools that provide certain housing; requires certificate of immunization prior to matriculation; provides an exemption; relates to a student's initial enrollment and shall not be construed to require any institution to provide the vaccine or the expenses for the vaccine.
Title: S.B. 2159
Source: StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to meningitis immunization awareness; requires all public and private secondary school, public and private universities, day care centers and youth camps to distribute to the parent or guardian of any child in their care information regarding the risk of meningococcal disease and the availability, effectiveness and risks of the vaccine.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/st02155.htm
Title: S.B. 2155
Source: StateNet
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| NC | To governor 07/2004 | P-12 | Ensures that educational materials are provided so that public, private and charter schools can provide information to parents and guardians concerning meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines at the beginning of each school year. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/CurrentVersion/ratified/senate/sbil0444.full.html
Title: S.B. 444
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Requires children entering school or day care to be immunized against pertussis and tetanus; authorizes adult immunization programs; relates to state aid for immunization.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=a11306
Title: A.B. 11306
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Requires child to be immunized against chickenpox for admission to 6th grade. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02594&sh=t
Title: S.B. 2594
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 | P-12 | Changes a reference for cognitive testing to an assessment in the area of health and fitness education; deletes the requirement that the commissioner make an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the administration of the health education and alcohol and substance abuse programs for elementary and secondary students; takes effect upon passage.
Title: H.B. 7900
Source: rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly
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| RI | Passed 07/2004 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution) Creates a twenty-four (24) member special joint commission, whose purpose it would be to develop a comprehensive statewide plan that would effectively coordinate information, initiatives, and to identify resources, training and educational needs, as they pertain to school environmental health and safety issues, and who would report back to the general assembly no later than January 25, 2005.
Title: H.B. 8109
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Requires each local regional board of education that allows a school or other licensed nurse to administer medicine or that allows a student to self-administer medicine shall adopt written policies and procedures that shall be approved by the school medical advisory or other qualified licensed physician; requires school nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by a local or regional board of education a nurse in a nonpublic school to submit to a criminal records check. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2004/act/Pa/2004PA-00181-R00HB-05429-PA.htm
Title: H.B. 5429
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Establishes that further study is needed to determine the biological or medical reasons for administering psychotropic drugs, such as Ritalin, to students in public schools, preschools, and childcare centers and to investigate the research documenting the medications' effects on their development, progress in school, and health. Establishes a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in childcare centers, preschools and public K-12 schools. Requires the committee to report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2005. Specifies that parental refusal to place child on psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, is not in and of itself grounds for the state to take the child into state custody. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2004/HB0551.html
Title: H.B. 551
Source: gencourt.state.nh.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Urges schools to provide instruction on healthy lifestyle choices including programs for physical education; urges restrictions on granting waivers for physical education. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp
Title: S.J.R. 97
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Encouraging all college age students to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp
Title: H.J.R. 709
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| GA | Vetoed 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school in this state must be licensed as an athletic trainer;provides an exception for a student-trainer, assistant- trainer, or similar person who functions under the advice, consent, and supervision of a physician or a licensed athletic trainer. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/fulltext/hb1394.htm
Title: H.B. 1394
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Creates a safe and healthy school environment by prohibiting any person from smoking tobacco products on school property and at any school- sponsored functions regardless of location; provided that affected public employees shall be provided breaks for smoking at locations off-campus. Requires DOE to offer a smoking cessation program to interested employees. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb2871_sd1_.htm
Title: H.B. 2871
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate;
establishes the Center for Innovative School Leadership; establishes membership requirements of school site councils, allows self-administration of asthma or allergy medication by student. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/304.pdf Supplemental Note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2004/SN0304.pdf Fiscal Note: http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2004/304.pdf
Title: S.B. 304
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Education to establish procedures for the administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; authorizes the department to omit certain survey questions; requires the department to require a local school system to obtain parental consent; establishes requirements for a parental consent form.
Title: H.B. 358
Source: StateNet
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| TN | To governor 05/2004 | P-12 | Permits local public and private school boards to train school personnel who volunteer to assist students with diabetes care; requires the departments of health and education, with approval of the board of nursing, to develop guidelines for student diabetes care; limits liability for individuals providing reasonable care within those guidelines. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0734.pdf
Title: S.B. 2122
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
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| AZ | Vetoed 04/2004 | P-12 | Prohibits school employees from requiring pupils to undergo psychiatric or psychological evaluations or to use psychiatric medication in order to attend school; provides for parental consent to administer medication, health exams and transport of pupils to treatment facilities.http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=sb1278
Title: S.B. 1278
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns the provision of information on meningococcal disease to students at postsecondary institutions. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/b4b3641b6712e14987256de1006a0dfc?OpenDocument&Click=87256D6C00679B13.b925f7d822283ac087256dd3003efcdb/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 57
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Allows student self-administration of asthma medication by inhaler or nebulizer. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb2198_hd1_.htm
Title: H.B. 2198
Source: Hawaii Legislative web site
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Creates new section requiring local boards and authorities of nonpublic schools to allow students to possess and self-administer asthma medication under specified conditions. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&hbill=SF2177
Title: S.F. 2177
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| NH | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Requires school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils.
Title: H.B. 1352
Source: StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Establishes a requirement that institutions of higher education require students living in on- campus housing to be vaccinated for meningitis or obtain a waiver of the Vaccination Requirement.
Title: H.B. 142
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Concerns education; requires, under certain circumstances, each LEA to allow certain students to carry and self-administer asthma medications.
Title: S.B. 2286
Source: StateNet
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes an employee of a school district, cooperative educational service agency, charter school, private school, the State Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the State Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or a social worker to subject an individual's blood to a test for the presence of the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Title: S.B. 230
Source: StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Requires local school boards to adopt a policy governing medical inhalers and self- administration of medication by a pupil for asthma or other potentially life-threatening respiratory illness. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0632.html
Title: H.B. 632
Source: Idaho Legislative Web site
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | 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 child from enrolling in, attending, or graduating high school for the sole reason that the child was not immunized against hepatitis B. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2004/HE/HE1133.1.html
Title: H.B. 1133
Source: Indiana Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Requires a public school or private school approved for attendance purposes by the Department of Education to adopt a written local policy allowing students to possess and self-administer asthma inhalers and epinephrine pens in the school; requires that a school receive written approval from the student's parent or guardian and the student's primary health care provider before authorization.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD176801-1.asp
Title: H.P. 1290
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| ME | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Ensures that emergency medical help is available to all school children and personnel; relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD017701-1.asp
Title: H.P. 136
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Directs a public school to permit a student to possess and self- administer inhaled asthma medication if certain requirements are met; requires written parental authority; provides the Department of Health to create forms for parental and health provider statements for use by public schools.
Title: S.B. 32
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Regards foods and beverages sold and served on public school campuses; requires the development of a model policy regarding access to nutritious foods, opportunities for developmentally appropriate exercise and accurate information relates to these topics.
Title: S.B. 5436
Source: StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Requires all schools to permit students to self administer asthma medication.
Title: H.B. 4271
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Relates to school nurses; provides for an appropriate school nurse- to-student ratio to effectively meet the health care needs of school children; provides for funding to school districts based on a certain formula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1141.pdf
Title: H.B. 1141
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Establishes criteria for custodial and maintenance care for school facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB53.pdf
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | 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://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1011.pdf
Title: H.B. 1011
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Requires one full time or the proportionate share of one full time school nurse in each school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1070.pdf
Title: H.B. 1070
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Amends the appointment structure of the legislative health advisory committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate healthy care on the educational performance of children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1121.pdf
Title: H.B. 1121
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2004 | Postsec. | Requires meningococcal vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.
Title: A.B. 1546
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Rule Adoption 01/2004 | P-12 | Adopts rule pertaining to Mercury Elimination Policies. Implements the statutory requirement that the State Board adopt rules to eliminate the use and purchase of elemental mercury, mercury compounds and mercury added instructional materials by public elementary and secondary schools. OREGON REG 25256 (SN)
Title: OAR 581-021-0023
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present; clarifies that the prohibition on smoking or carrying lighted tobacco on a bus or other public conveyance applies to school buses or other vehicle owned or contracted for by a public or nonpublic school, college, university or professional training school that are used to transport students to and from school and school related activities.
Title: A.B. 3168
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a 3-year pilot program whereby any school district may participate in the program of pupil screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Specifies individuals who may perform and supervise the screenings and the procedures for the process, including, compliance with standards and procedures developed by the State Department of Education. Provides for parent or guardian notification of any pupil suspected of being at elevated risk. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_766_bill_20031010_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 766
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires if a student vision appraisal is conducted in a public school, each pupil is to receive a notice and questionnaire regarding pupil vision, which he or she would be instructed to delivery to his or her parent or guardian. Sets forth the contents of the notice and questionnaire. Provides these items may be included with any other written communication and it may be sent to the parents or guardian of pupils not subject to such appraisal. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_606_bill_20030911_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 606
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical training to school personnel to administer emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia if standards are developed. Permits certain pupils to test their blood glucose level and provide diabetes self-care in any area of the school or grounds upon parent or guardian request. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_942_bill_20031009_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 942
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department of education, prior to conducting a follow-up adoption of basic educational materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, to notify all publishers and manufacturers known to produce basic instructional materials in a subject area, that a fee will be assessed based on the number of programs the publisher or manufacturer indicates will be submitted. Relates to funding for certain children's mental health services. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1058_bill_20031011_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 1058
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 10/2003 | P-12 | Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and certification of educators. Regulation was renumbered to reflect its movement to the Professional Standards Board portion of the Department of Education regulations. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%201500%20Professional%20Standards%20Board.htm#P923_105826
Title: 14 DAC 1580
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| WI | Signed into law 10/2003 | Postsec. | Requires college students to be informed about meningococcal disease and hepatitis B; requires colleges to maintain certain records about the vaccination status of students.
Title: A.B. 344
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Makes certain restrictions of the sale of food items in school operative if funding is appropriated for certain nutritional purposes. Prohibits the sale of certain beverages to pupils in elementary, middle or junior high schools effective July 1, 2004. Exempts the sale of certain beverages at specified school events from those prohibits. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_677_bill_20030917_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 677
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires a priority for the use of maintenance funding under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 be to ensure that facilities, including, but not limited to, rest-room facilities for pupils, are functional and that they meet local hygiene standards generally applicable to public facilities. Requires the same priority for use of funds from the State School Deferred Maintenance Fund. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1124_bill_20030912_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1124
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the governing board of a school district from entering into or renewing any contract for the sale of carbonated beverages or non-nutritious beverages and certain non-nutritious food within the school district unless the board provides written notice to parents or guardians of pupils regarding the contract and provides an opportunity to comment on the contract at a public hearing at a regularly scheduled board meeting. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_65_bill_20030922_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 65
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes Commissioner of Labor to promulgate rules and regulations establishing air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and cooling requirements for school cafeteria kitchens; provides applicable in cities of one million or more; provides that such standards shall require that all construction performed to meet such standards shall conform to building codes and nationally recognized ventilation construction standards.
Title: S.B. 3445
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that a diabetes screening be included in the health examination of each school child, but that diabetes testing is not required. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0530
Title: S.B. 1081
Source: Illinois Legislation Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and transplantation programs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0547
Title: S.B. 372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that parents are encouraged to have their children undergo vision examinations at the same points in time required for health examinations. Requires individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's parent or guardian written notification, before the vision screening is conducted, that states that vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor and that the child is not required to undergo the vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=805&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3675&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 805
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products in public school buildings.
Title: S.B. 583
Source: StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the child's parent or guardian or a bona fide medical care provider. includes a child care facility operated by a public or private school; allows emergency medical treatment by a bona find medical care provider.
Title: S.B. 226
Source: StateNet
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| WI | Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes emergency rules relating to immunization of students. WISCONSIN REG 20282 (SN)
Title: HFS 144
Source: StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions on students, and provides protection for nonprofit organizations that sponsor programs that may be attended by children who may require cartridge injectors. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5931&which_year=2003
Title: H.B. 5931
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration Act to require the Department of Human Services to contract for autism diagnosis education programs for medical practitioners, school personnel, day care providers, parents and community service providers. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1809&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2622&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1809
Source: Illinois
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that physicians, health care providers, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants may screen children for lead poisoning in conjunction with the school health exam when, in the physician's judgment, the child is potentially at high risk of lead poisoning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=207&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=442&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 207
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Provides for the self-administration of asthma medication by students attending public or nonpublic schools upon written parental and medical authorization; provides immunity for school personnel. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1026
Title: H.B. 56
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires school boards to adopt a policy prohibiting school personnel from recommending or requiring the use of a psychotropic drug by any student or to test or require a test for a child's behavior without the prior written permission from the parents or guardians. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/A9D9FDA2A5E7F0AF87256C5A0061D3CE?Open&file=1172_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1172
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| DE | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding school health record keeping requirements, physical examinations and screening, and administration of medications and treatments. http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/Education/Education%20Administrative%20Code%20-%20800%20Health%20and%20Safety.htm#P4_57
Title: 14 DAC 811, 815, 817
Source: Delaware State Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Permits a student to enroll in kindergarten without the student first being screened for lead poisoning; requires that the student be screened within 60 calendar days of enrollment. http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS142.NSF/c6fe685e20e98b2b882569a60053971e/d1ed164e8e9fb6ab85256d0400542c95?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,74
Title: S.B. 74
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires that disciplinary, attendance and health records be included in the records that follow a student who transfers to another school either within or outside the state. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billtexts/LD026201-1.asp
Title: S.P. 96 (LD 262)
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires course completion and certification in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management for new teacher certification. Provides exemption to any individual who provides state superintendent with satisfactory evidence that the candidate has physical limitations that make it impracticable for the person to complete the instruction and obtain the required certification.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2003-PA-0018.pdf
Title: H.B. 4038
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| MO | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and for each school year thereafter, requires every public institution of higher education in the state to require all students living in on-campus housing to sign a written waiver stating that the institution of higher education has provided the student, or if the student is a minor, the student's parents or guardian, with detailed written information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the availability and effectiveness of the meningococcal vaccine. States that any student who elects to receive the meningococcal vaccine shall not be required to sign the aforementioned waiver and must present a record of said vaccination to the institution of higher education. Requires each public university or college to maintain records on the meningococcal vaccination status of every student living in on-campus housing at the university or college, including any written waivers. Adds that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any institution of higher education to provide or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal disease.
http://www.senate.state.mo.us/03info/billtext/tat/sb686.htm
Title: S.B. 686 (New Section)
Source: www.senate.state.mo.us
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| NC | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to students if the institution has a residential campus.
Title: H.B. 825
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits public school personnel from recommending to a parent or guardian that a student seek a prescription for certain types of medication.
Title: S.B. 456
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools. The board must submit these recommendations to the general assembly on an annual basis. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SB1664.pdf
Title: S.B. 1664
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools.
Title: H.B. 891
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular diagnosis for a student. The bill also prevents a school district employee from using the parent's refusal to consent to administer a psychotropic drug as grounds for prohibiting the student to attend a class or participate in a school related activity. Also provides that certain school-related medical professionals are not prohibited from recommending that a child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01406&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1406
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public health; (3) the commissioner of agriculture; (4) three members of the senate, appointed by the lieutenant governor; (5) three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (6) one physician who provides health services to
school-aged children, appointed by the governor; (7) one member who has expertise in nutrition, appointed by the governor; (8) one member who is a parent of a school-aged child, appointed by the governor; (9) one member who is a superintendent of schools or a school principal, appointed by the governor; (10) a school food service director, appointed by the governor; and (11) a representative of a statewide, voluntary
membership organization representing school district boards of trustees who is an elected public school trustee, appointed by the governor. (b) To the extent that funds are available, the interim committee shall hold hearings throughout the state to: (1) determine the nutritional content and quality of foods and beverages served to public school children, including food service meals, a la carte foods, and competitive foods and food provided in vending machines; (2) evaluate the short-term and long-term financial, psychological, and physiological impact of obesity in public school children; (3) assess the academic, emotional, and health value of a universal breakfast and lunch program by evaluating school children from school districts that provide each child a free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch; and (4) evaluate school contracts relating to competitive food products and vending machines, including the following issues related to competitive food products and vending machines: (A) economic and other impacts of potential conflicts of interest; (B) the length of contracts; (C) advertising and marketing of competitive food products; (D) revenues realized by schools and school districts from the sale of competitive food products; (E) officials in charge of receiving and disbursing revenue and the accounting of that revenue; and (F) the extent to which competitive foods impact each school district's food service program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00474F.HTM
Title: S.B. 474
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | 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 a child to administer or consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to the child, or to consent to any other psychiatric or psychological testing or treatment of the child, as the sole basis for making a report of neglect of the child, unless the employee has cause to believe that the refusal: (1) presents a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury to the child; or (2) has resulted in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the child.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00320&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 320
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public school children.
Title: S.C.R. 49
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Became law without governor's signature 05/2003 | P-12 | Creates a Health Advisory Committee; coordinates efforts to combat inadequate health care on the educational performance of children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2893.pdf
Title: H.B. 2893
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Makes appropriation from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund for various initiatives, including for a $400,000 grant to a program that utilizes high school mentors to teach life skills, violence prevention, and character education in an effort to reduce the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00685/Current.html
Title: H.F. 685
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | 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_billinfo?year=2003&request=getBill&docno=1702
Title: H.B. 1702
Source: Indiana Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Prohibits the presence, use and storage on school and child care center property of chemicals known to cause cancer; requires the adoption of major substantive rules by the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Human Services.
Title: H.P. 158, 199
Source: StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with school year 2003-04, each postsecondary educational institution must provide to each newly enrolled student who will reside in oncampus housing and the student's parent or guardian: (a) Detailed information on the risks associated with the potentially fatal meningococcal disease; (b) the availability and effectiveness of a vaccine against the disease; (c) a recommendation that each student receive the meningococcal vaccination; and (d) information on the availability of an indigent patient fund to assist qualified persons with the cost of the vaccine. http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/Legal/SLIP_LB513.pdf
Title: L.B. 513
Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to the use of inhalers by pupils and campers with asthma; permits students and campers with asthma to possess and self-administer asthma medications.
Title: H.B. 57
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by pupils and campers with severe allergies; permits students and campers with severe, potentially life- threatening allergies to possess and self-administer auto- injections of epinephrine.
Title: H.B. 92
Source: StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Relates to tobacco; authorizes school districts to adopt more stringent restrictions governing tobacco and products made from tobacco than restrictions imposed pursuant to state law under certain circumstances.
Title: S.B. 50
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Extends to 27 years the maximum duration of certain projects providing school health services for pre- school and school-age children.
Title: S.B. 2662
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, public or private postsecondary educational institutions shall provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and the risks and benefits of the vaccination as well as the availability of vaccine to students who reside or plan to reside in on-campus student housing. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, students who are first-time enrollees in any public or private postsecondary educational institution in this state and who reside in on-campus student housing must be vaccinated against meningococcal disease. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb787_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 787
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing.
Title: S.B. 185
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form
that indicates that the institution has provided detailed information to the student concerning the risk factors for hepatitis B infection and the availability and effectiveness of vaccine for persons who are at-risk of the disease; and that the student, parent or guardian has received and reviewed the information and has chosen to have the student vaccinated or not to have the student vaccinated. In order to complete a waiver
form, a student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older may sign a waiver or, for minors, the student's parent or guardian may sign the waiver. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0136.pdf
Title: S.B. 1733
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local school
health education advisory council, to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the district's health education
instruction. The bill provides that the local health advisor council's duties include making certain recommendation. S.B. 1357 requires a school district to make certain information available for reasonable public inspection. Requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to make available to each school district one or more coordinated health programs designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes in elementary school students. Requires each program to provide for coordinating health education; physical education and physical activity; nutrition services; and parental involvement. The commissioner of education is required to adopt criteria for evaluating a coordinated health program before making the program available. Requires the commissioner, before adopting criteria, to request review and comment concerning the criteria from the Texas Department of Health's School Health Advisory Committee. (Bill Analysis, Senate Reserach Center)
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01357&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 1357
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| WA | Vetoed 05/2003 | Postsec. | Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information to first-time students by degree- granting postsecondary educational institutions.
Title: H.B. 1827
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Improves coordination of services for children's mental health; improves field-level cross-program collaboration and efficiency, the early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment plan to reflect the current mental health system structure and identifying and promulgating the approaches used in school districts where mental health and education systems coordinate services and resources to provide public mental health care for children.
Title: H.B. 1784
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Revises the Religious Exemption to the school immunization requirements; tracks children with exemptions.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB434.pdf
Title: S.B. 434
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf
Title: S.B. 811
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Creates a Child Health Advisory Committee; coordinates statewide efforts to combat childhood obesity; provides for standards and policy recommendations of foods sold individually in school cafeterias but outside the regulated National School Lunch Program and competitive foods offered at schools typically through vending machines, student stores, school fund-raisers, food carts or food concessions; prohibits elementary school students in-school access to food and drink vending machines beginning with the 2003-04 school year; requires the state department of education to adopt regulations to ensure that nutrition and physical activity standards are implemented to provide students with the skills, opportunities, and encouragement to adopt healthy lifestyles; beginning with the 2004-05 school year, school districts must convene a school nutrition and physical activity advisory committee to create, implement and monitor school nutrition and physical education policies and standards. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1583.pdf
Title: H.B. 1583
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connecticut high schools; relates to proof of immunization against measles and rubella.
Title: H.B. 6373
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Requires the state department of health to organize educational material on the risks of meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availability and effectiveness of vaccines for these diseases. This educational material is to be provided to the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning and the state board for community and junior colleges, for dissemination to students with their letters of acceptance for admission or in students' information packets. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1087SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1087
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Allows a parent or guardian of a diabetic student to designate an adult to administer glucagon to the student, upon prior written approval submitted to the district. Releases school district and parent-designated adult from civil damages from administration of glucagon, except in cases of gross negligence. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/HB0573.htm
Title: H.B. 573
Source: data.opi.state.mt.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; amends the Nursing Practice Act.
Title: H.B. 528
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Relates to schools; authorizes self-medication by a student of inhaled asthma medication; requires school districts to adopt policy for certain self- administration of medication; states required policy; requires parental authorization and a written statement from a physician; indemnifies school personnel from injury arising from self- medication.
Title: S.B. 343
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes an Arkansas Commission for adequate eye health and vision care needs for school children. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1553.pdf
Title: H.B. 1553
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ donation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB167.pdf
Title: S.B. 167
Source: State legislative web site
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Medicaid Services, to enter into a written agreement with a board of education to provide a school-based health care program. Requires that a physician, physician assistant or an advanced registered nurse practitioner be employed at the school satellite location of the primary care center, and may include additional health care professionals. Allows the program to participate in the school's health education program. Until August 1, 2004, this section applies only to primary care centers operating a satellite school-based health care program as of the effective date of this act, and until August 1, 2004, no board may enter into an agreement with a not-for-profit primary care center that was not already in operation as of the effective date of this act. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/HB328/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 328
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Permits public and private school students to self-administer asthma medications if certain requirements are met. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1072SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1072
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical education instruction. Lists areas in which local school health/physical education councils may make recommendations and requires the local board to appoint members to the local council, with one person on the council representing each of 11 groups, including the clergy, health care professionals and parents who are not employed by the district. Specifies that the physical activity coordinator employed by the state department of education monitor and act as a clearinghouse for the activities of the local school health/physical education advisory councils to be created.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2339SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2339
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Extends repealer to December 31, 2005 on Mississippi Reducing Out of Wedlock Pregnancies Incentive Grant Fund that provides funds to counties for achieving reductions in out-of-wedlock births without increasing the number of abortions.http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0774SG.htm
Title: H.B. 774
Source:
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Adds chickenpox to the list of required inoculations for home- schooled children, private schools, day care, child care facilities, head start programs and nursery schools. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_text/DBKK0200.pdf
Title: S.B. 2289
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission to study all issues associated with ergonomics in K-12 schools including instruction, materials, associated teacher training and facilities. . http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2002/Bills/S1500/1495_S2.PDF
Title: S.B. 1495
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Part of this bill prohibits all uses of tobacco products on school grounds.
Title: S.B. 3292
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Directs school principals to implement a program of regular screening for scoliosis for pupils. Provides for parental notification.
Title: H.B. 1834
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2003 | P-12 | Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percentage of students enrolled in the school for the previous year were eligible for free or reduced meals under the federal School Lunch Program; provides procedures for submission of the program plan.
Title: S.B. 1498
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Creates the School Integrated Pest Management Act; implements a policy for integrated pest management in public, private and charter schools.
Title: S.B. 137
Source: StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Amends the Public Eating and Drinking Place Code. Provides for health and safety inspections of school cafeterias and for training related to school cafeterias. Makes editorial changes.
Title: H.B. 2350
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Adopted 12/2002 | P-12 | Establishes rules to clarify for school personnel, parents, and guardians the recommendations or directions that school personnel may make or give parents or guardians about specific treatments or medications for their children. Inappropriate Medical Recommendations by School
Personnel: A. School personnel shall not require that a student take or continue to take a specific medication as a condition for attending school. B. School personnel shall not recommend a single specific health care professional or provider but may provide to a parent or guardian a list of two or more health care professionals or providers. UTAH REG 25647 (SN)
Title: R277-611
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Adopted 11/2002 | P-12 | Clarifies rules regarding the prohibition of smoking or the use of any other tobacco product on school grounds. Adds a definition of school grounds and extends to include the smoking of any substance and the use of tobacco products in school buildings and on school grounds. NEW JERSEY REG 15282 (SN)
Title: NJAC 6A:16-1.3, 3.1
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Adopted 11/2002 | P-12 | Adopts the form and protocol for physical exams to be required of all students participating in sports. Directs the Department to consult with the interscholastic activity organization that oversees these activities, the Oregon School Activities Association, in development of the form and protocol. OREGON REG 23960 (SN)
Title: OAC 581-021-0041
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2002 | P-12 | Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the state department of education, and contingent upon receipt of funds, to review, acquire and circulate brain and spinal cord injury prevention curricula for voluntary use by districts serving students in any grades K-12. Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center to notify districts regarding the availability of the approved curricula. Requires funding for these purposes to be provided by nonstate sources. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/01-02/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2668_bill_20020921_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 2668
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | 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 sandbox area.
Title: A.B. 1867
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Requires every schoolsite to allow pupils to use sunscreen during the school day without a physician's note or prescription and authorizes schoolsites to set a policy related to use of sunscreen.
Title: S.B. 1632
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Forbids school districts from prohibiting students with asthma or other respiratory diseases from possessing and administering prescription inhalers in accordance with department of public health regulations. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/house/ht04411.htm
Title: H.B. 4411
Source: www.state.ma.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2002 | Postsec. | Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.
Title: A.B. 1888
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Creates the Certified School Professional Nurse Staff Task Force to identify strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of certified school nurses, especially in rural and inner-city areas.
Title: H.B. 2162
Source: 2002 Session Highlights
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary action that is based totally or in part on the refusal of a student's parent or guardian to administer or consent to the administration of psychotropic or psychostimulant medication to the student; adds other requirements concerning the policy.
Title: H.B. 3744
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Validates certain practices sanctioned by regulations, but not necessarily Title VIII of the Education Law, regarding the administration of medication to children, pending the development of appropriate legislation to address the issue permanently. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07746&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7746
Source: http://assembly.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Amends the School Code; provides that school districts are encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information form for bus drivers and emergency medical technicians for those students with special needs or medical conditions, to be filled out by the student's parent or guardian, with one copy on file at the school and another copy on the student's school bus. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0580.html
Title: H.B. 5939
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food service to students.
Title: H.B. 384
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | To governor 06/2002 | Postsec. | Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education. Provides exemption if a waiver is signed by student's parent or guardian.
Title: S.B. 955
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | To governor 06/2002 | P-12 | Adds evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act takes effect upon passage.
Title: H.B. 7176
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | To governor 06/2002 | P-12 | This act would establish the conditions under which pesticide applications would occur at schools, pre- schools and child care centers and would provide for prior notice of pesticide applications to parents and guardians of children and to school staff. This act would take effect upon passage.
Title: S.B. 2465
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SC | Act No. 06/2002 | P-12 | Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify incoming students, or their parents, of the risk of contracting Meningococcal Disease if living in on campus student housing; requires these institutions to recommend vaccinations against this disease in the institutions health and medical information provided to students and parents.
Title: H.B. 5133
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar programs.
Title: H.J.R. 646
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Withdraws Auditor General's mandate to evaluate the Healthy Families and family literacy program; moves responsibility for family group decision making program reports from auditor general to department. Requires report on Health Start program to be delivered to the speaker of the house, president of the senate and governor on or before December 31, 2002. Deletes obsolete language regarding delivery of other reports. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0245.htm
Title: H.B. 2347
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and school-based health clinics in order to improve access to services and to make the delivery of services more cost-efficient. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2002/act/Pa/2002PA-00036-R00HB-05179-PA.htm
Title: H.B. 5179
Source: www.cga.state.ct.us
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires local boards to adopt a policy authorizing the self-administration of asthma medication by a student who has asthma, provided that any student who is authorized for self-administration of asthma medication under such policy may possess and use his or her asthma medication in specified locales. Provides an exception from liability to school districts or their employees. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/sb472.htm
Title: S.B. 472
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryland School-Based Health Care Center Policy Advisory Council; State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; and State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention to units in Office for Children, Youth and Families in Executive Department. Establishes as "Community Partnership Agreements" agreements between the state and local management boards relating to the provision of services for children, youth and families. Adds to purposes of Subcabinet Fund as it relates to services to handicapped children. Requires the Special Secretary to adopt regulations about local management boards. Modifies membership and duties of local coordinating councils. Provides out-of-state placement for children who have behavioral, educational, developmental, or mental needs that can't be met through state agencies; codifies the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council. Requires Special Secretary for Children, Youth, and Families to appoint a Committee to develop a Subcabinet plan to address provision of services to intensive-needs children. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1386t.rtf
Title: H.B. 1386
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Creates an Asthma Control Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requires the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement the Program; provides for the funding of the Program; provides training for school personnel or other appropriate personnel, on asthma education in conjunction with the Department of Education and Local Health Departments. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0420t.rtf
Title: H.B. 420
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation within the Office for Children, Youth, and Families. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1163t.rtf
Title: H.B. 1163
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Require Baltimore board and CEO to ensure increased community involvement and outreach in support of the city's public schools. Deletes 1997 section requiring adoption and implementation of transition plan. Replaces with requirement that by June 1, 2002, Baltimore district CEO submit 5-year comprehensive master plan to board for review and approval by August 30, 2002 and subsequent review and approval by state board and superintendent. Requires CEO or designee to consult with specified others, including teachers, students and parents during the development of the master plan. Requires master plan to be updated and submitted for state board and superintendent review and approval on annual basis. Establishes areas which master plan must address. Requires department and Baltimore school system to jointly develop a principal development initiative pairing distinguished principals from outside the system and action support teams with principals in training in Baltimore. Addresses minimum appropriations to Baltimore Public School System. Requires consultant to evaluate the Baltimore City-State Partnership and the reform initiatives of the Baltimore City Public School System by December 1, 2006, and the board of commissioners and the state board to report to the general assembly on a review of the evaluation by January 15, 2007. Requires chief officers of Baltimore Public Schools to meet on at least a quarterly basis with the Special Master assigned to the case, after 6 of which meetings the CEO and the state superintendent may adjust the communication schedule. Requires state and Baltimore agencies to communicate on at least a quarterly basis on facilities planning in the Baltimore Public Schools, including on capital improvement program issues. Requires transfer of certain real property assets from Baltimore City Public School System to Baltimore City Board of Commissioners. Through June 30, 2009, permits Board of Public Works to approve state funding for capital improvements to Baltimore public school buildings deeded to Baltimore board or mayor and city council of Baltimore. Requires city to continue cooperation with school system to eliminate environmental hazards in the school system. Permits funds appropriated for the Baltimore City-State Partnership to be used to support the principal development initiative. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0853e.rtf
Title: H.B. 853
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Relates to requiring school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and charter schools to retain on premises at least 1 functional cardiac automated external defibrillator; provides that where a school-sponsored competitive athletic event is held at a site other than a public school facility, the public school officials shall ensure that such defibrillator is provided on site.
Title: A.B. 10577, A.B. 8779
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would commensurate with the learning expectations within the lifetime wellness curriculum.
Title: S.B. 2153
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educational experience; encourages public schools to promote physical activity and well-being among students to combat prevalence of obesity among Tennessee's children and teenagers.
Title: S.J.R. 569
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/SJR0569.pdf
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| AL | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb161.htm
Title: H.B. 161
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to emergency aid; provides that a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 who agrees with any person or school to voluntarily attend an amateur athletic practice, contest or other event to render emergency health care without compensation to an athlete injured during such event is omission by the provider.
Title: S.B. 1190
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of student member. Also requires school districts and nonpublic schools to report number of ninth graders who do not graduate from the school or school district, as well as the number of students who are tested on multiple assessment measures to determine student achievement levels, and the percentage of students who are so tested annually. Requires the board to develop and adopt uniform definitions consistent with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and any federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Act. Permits department to conduct school site visits of accredited schools and districts on as-needed basis. Addresses conditions of employment of Superintendent staff. Addresses procedures in open enrollment law. Renders provision of school breakfast programs optional rather than mandatory. Modifies section addressing parental reimbursement for nonpublic school pupil transportation. Regulates the provision of textbooks to students in accredited nonpublic schools. Modifies requirements for school bus drivers' licenses. Establishes a conservation education program board and the duties of said board. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/02500/HF02515/Current.html
Title: H.B. 2515
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Vision screening examinations must be performed and submitted to the public school, public preschool, or Head Start program a child enters between the ages of 3 and 6 years old.
Title: S.B. 207
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Establishes a full-time position of education school nurse consultant within the Department of Education; specifies data collection and reporting for schools and local health departments; requires protocols on school health services to be maintained in each school library; specifies that nothing shall be construed to limit a student's attendance at public school or to deny, prohibit, or limit the administration of first aid or emergency procedures.
Title: H.B. 126
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | In section relating to immunization tracking registry, states that parental consent is to be considered general consent given for treatment and release of information to other providers or to the office of public health. Requires immunization providers to meet at least one of the following requirements: 1) Placement of poster in waiting room notifying parents that the site is sharing data with the state immunization registry. 2) Provision of parents with a brochure from the Office of Public Health describing the purposes of the registry and telling parents they can ask the health provider not to submit their child's immunization information. 3) In the event of a public health emergency such as a natural disaster, bioterrorist attack, or epidemic, waiver of requirement to obtain consent for placement on the registry for mass immunizations performed in response to such events.
Title: H.B. 91A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate the Program each year. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1409t.rtf
Title: H.B. 1409
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Resolve authorizing emergency adoption of legislation regarding immunization of children. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD212401.doc
Title: H.B. 1624
Source: janus.state.me.us
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommends duration and frequency of physical education classes in grades K-9, beginning with 2002-2003 school year.
Title: S.B. 2249
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Relates to accommodating children with diabetes in schools; requires that an individual health plan for each diabetic child, parental signed release form, medical equipment jand storage capacity, exceptions from school policies, school schedule, meals and eating, disaster preparedness, inservice training for staff by a registered nurse, legal documents for parent-designated adults.
Title: S.B. 6641
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Requires the state department of health to establish an indoor air quality in schools program, and to inspect the air quality of schools annually. Establishes the school air quality panel. Allows monies from a school corporation's capital projects fund to carry out a indoor air quality improvement plan as established in statute. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_billinfo?document=SE/SE0407.1.html&year=2002
Title: S.B. 407
Source: www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2002 | Postsec. | Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qualify for an exemption from the immunization requirement.
Title: H.B. 1161
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Concerns public health departments; relates to tests and inoculations for pupils enrolling in schools; provides that a county, city-county or multicounty health department shall provide without delay and to the extent that funds designated by such health department for the purchase of vaccines are available the tests and inoculations required by this act to such pupils as are not exempted on religious or medical grounds.
Title: H.B. 2809
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Permits public and private school students to self- administered asthma medications when the school receives written authorization from the parent and health care provider; requires statements to be kept on file at the school; requires parent or guardian to sign a statement acknowledging that the school has no liability from any injury.
Title: H.B. 353
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Public Act No. 03/2002 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health to review all current procedures for the administration of medications to students in schools by nonmedical personnel and to revise them as necessary; requires the development of new model procedures and encourages all school districts to realign their policy towards the new model policy developed by the Department.
Title: H.B. 4672
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Vetoed 03/2002 | P-12 | Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a child, including the use of psychotropic drugs; provides criminal penalties; provides that the Division of Child and family services may not initiate an investigation or remove a minor from the custody of his parent on the basis of the refusal of the parent to consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to a child.
Title: H.B. 123
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Prohibits smoking in the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; areas within 50 feet of any such building entrance or exit; and outdoor school functions on school grounds where students are present.
Title: H.B. 939
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Requires a medication or treatment order as a condition for children with life-threatening conditions to attend public schools; defines medication or treatment order as the authority a registered nurse obtains; defines life threatening condition as a health condition that will put the child in danger of death during the schoold day if medication, treatment order and nursing plan are in place.
Title: H.B. 2834
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12 | Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; requires training of personnel in the maintenance and operation of such systems.
Title: S.B. 32
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2002 | P-12 | Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies prohibiting certain school personnel from recommending the use of a psychotropic medications for any student; provides such policies shall not prohibit school health staff for making such recommendation or to consult with the appropriated health practitioner with the written consent of the student's parents.
Title: H.B. 90
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 | P-12 | Chapter No.656, Enacts the California Mercury Reduction Act of 2001. Prohibits any person, on and after a certain date, from selling at retail or supplying a mercury fever thermometer, as defined, to a consumer or patient in the State, except by a prescription. Prohibits any school from purchasing, for use in the classroom, specified devices and materials containing mercury, except measuring devices for use in school laboratories.
Title: S.B. 633
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health Services, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Office of Health Hazard Assessment to study and report to the Legislature on the use of toxic substances as part of educational instruction that are listed in the Science Safety Handbook for Public Schools as carcinogenic or mutagenic or that are identified as having chemical risks that outweigh educational benefits.
Title: S.B. 286
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction conduct a study of school districts throughout the State to examine the lack of pupil locker space on school campuses, the weight of hardcover textbooks, any a correlation between pupils carrying heavy instructional materials in backpacks and spinal damage. Appropriates funds for the study.
Title: A.B. 1030
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2001 | P-12 | Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE for concurrence., Authorizes designated school personnel, during the regular school day, to assist a pupil to take or apply medication for which a prescription is not required if the school district receives a written statement from the parent or guardian. Provides that the medication may only be taken or applied in accordance with the original package instructions. Provides that the school personnel contact the pupil's parent or guardian and the school nurse if he/she decides not to assist the pupil.
Title: A.B. 1061
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2001 | P-12 | Defines school-based health centers as those located in elementary or secondary schools that deliver primary and preventive health care services to students on site; includes school-based health centers in the definition of health care facility with respect to the licensing requirements.
Title: H.B. 5976
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing.
Title: H.B. 5675
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act; provides that a school board shall encourage that all teachers and other school personnel acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer life-saving techniques; allows the school board to use the services of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other personnel.
Title: H.B. 3137
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Public Act No. 92-402., Requires a school board to permit self administration by a pupil of prescribed asthma medication; requires the parents of the pupil provide to the school written authorization of the self administration and provide the school board written certification by the pupil's supervising physician or advanced practice registered nurse that the pupil is capable of self administration of medication; adds an exception for willful and wanton conduct to the liability provisions.
Title: S.B. 979
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund For School-Based Services.
Title: S.B. 757
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Public Law No. 447., (LD 1214)Encourages the use of locally grown foods in school food services programs; provides that the State will match a portion of the monies a school administrative unit spends on local produce for food service programs; specifies that such food be produce or minimally processed food purchased from a farmer or farm coop.
Title: S.B. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Relates to the duties of a school nurse and school foods and nutrition programs; repeals the statutory provision requiring children to be examined for tuberculosis prior to school entrance; repeals the statutory provision requiring a local school board to maintain yearly statistics on the age, height, weight and grade for each pupil in the school; provides that in a medical emergency, a school nurse shall be permitted, without a doctor's order or parental permission, to administer oxygen.
Title: S.B. 13
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Directs school districts to require students in grades 7 through 12 who participate in sports to receive physical examination.
Title: S.B. 160
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Directs Department of Education to conduct annual survey on number of Oregon children with diabetes; directs physicians to report to Health Division cases of diabetes among Oregon children.
Title: S.B. 769
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.
Title: H.B. 821
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Relates to administration of medications on school field trips; permits educators on a school field trip to assist with medications such as oral, topical, or inhalant medications; includes inhalers, antibiotics, anti-convulsants and emergency medications such as epinephrine for allergic reactions.
Title: S.B. 68
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | 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 Donor Center.
Title: H.B. 284
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; provides that at the beginning of each semester, the university shall inform incoming freshmen and transfer students and the students' parents or guardian about meningitis and its transmission; requires the university to require meningitis vaccination, except for students who have received the information concerning meningitis and have rejected the vaccination.
Title: S.B. 168
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Provides that a school corporation's discipline policy must allow a student with a chronic disease or medical condition to possess and self-administer medication while the student is on school grounds or off school grounds at a school activity, function, or event if the student's parent files an annual authorization that includes a certification from the student's physician for the student to self-administer the medication.
Title: S.B. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added novelties after 7/1/2003; limits the circumstances under which a mercury fever thermometer may be sold or supplied to an individual after 7/1/2003; restricts a public or nonpublic school from using or purchasing a mercury commodity, mercury compounds, or mercury-added instructional equipment and materials after 7/1/2003; provides that a person may sell or provide a mercury commodity only if that person meets certain conditions.
Title: H.B. 1901
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | (LD 1563)Amends immunization requirements for school children and children in child care to ensure consistent wording and requirements for the parents of children seeking to exempt their child from 1 or more immunization; shifts the specific disease and vaccine-specific requirements to rulemaking instead of statute.
Title: H.B. 1163
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs.
Title: H.B. 353
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease.
Title: H.B. 608
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Requires that nursing services in all school districts must be provided under the direction and supervision of a chief nurse; prescribes the qualifications of a chief nurse; revises provisions relating to nursing services provided to certain pupils; provides other matters properly relating thereto.
Title: A.B. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Expands civil and criminal immunity for school personnel who administer medication to students.
Title: H.B. 2682
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Adds vision screening to requirements for admission to public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool and child care; encourages parents to also obtain child's vision screening within six months of 3rd grade. (Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50)
Title: S.B. 304
Source: Tennessee Legislative Web Site
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to participate in daily physical activity as part of a school district's physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a school campus's daily recess, except that the board may not require more than 30 minutes of daily physical activity. If the board adopts rules under this subsection, the board must provide for an exemption for a student who is unable to participate in daily physical activity because of illness or disability. Requires local boards to establish a local school health education advisory council to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the district's health education instruction. The state agency must make available to each school district a coordinated health program designed to prevent obesity, cardiovascular disease, and Type II diabetes in elementary school students and the school districts are required to implement the coordinated health program.
Title: S.B. 19
Source: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/
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| WA | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12 | Relates to the procedures for posting and notification of pesticide applications at schools and licensed day care centers. "School facility" means any facility used for licensed day care center purposes or for the purposes of a public kindergarten or public elementary or secondary school. School facility includes the buildings or structures, playgrounds, landscape areas, athletic fields, school vehicles, or any other area of school property. A school, nursery school, or licensed day care shall at the time of the application place a marker at each primary point of entry to the school grounds. School must also provide written notification annually or upon enrollment to parents or guardians of students and employees describing the school's pest control policies and methods, including the posting and notification requirements of the bill.
Title: S.B. 5533
Source: Washington Legislative Web Site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Requires the department of health to use 40% of the funds appropriated for in-school tobacco prevention and cessation programs on state-wide implementation of the kids-for-health program.
Title: H.B. 2528
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Mandates every public educational institution in this state to offer health related education including physical education training and instruction.
Title: H.B. 2514
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program.
Title: S.B. 2380
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | 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 approved by resolution of the local governing body.
Title: H.B. 363
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of communicable disease curricula that local school boards may choose to adopt; provides local schools with an option of using other instructional materials for the curricula consistent with state law and board rules emphasizing abstinence before marriage and fidelity after marriage.
Title: S.B. 75
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2001 | Postsec. | Relates to immunizations for full time four year students prior to enrollment in public institutions of higher learning against meningococcal disease; provides for a waiver; states the State Council of Higher Education must, with the Board and Commissioner of Health, encourage private collages to develop procedures for providing information on the risks of such disease and the availability of vaccines against such disease; states religious exemptions on other immunizations shall apply.
Title: H.B. 2762
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Revises procedure for self-administration by pupils of medication for asthma or a potentially life-threatening illness; replaces liability requirements by a grant of immunity for those acting in good faith in accordance with statutes; allows pupil who is allowed to self-administer medication to carry an inhaler, provided pupil does not endanger himself or others via misuse; requires public schools to have and maintain an accessible nebulizer; provides training for school nurses or personnel.
Title: S.B. 1372
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Adds a physician assistant who is acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to the list of those practitioners who are qualified to perform a comprehensive physical exam of students prior to their entering kindergarten or elementary school.
Title: S.B. 1201
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Relates to Wyoming Environmental Pesticides Control Act; requires notification of pesticide application in or on school facilities and property; specifies requirements for posting of signs; authorizes school boards to develop policies on pesticide use in or on school facilities.
Title: H.B. 28
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2001 | P-12 | Requires the establishment of guidelines for the storage and disposal of toxic chemicals at public schools; requires school districts to implement safe storage and disposal standards for toxic chemicals and other hazardous substances.
Title: H.B. 324
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center in conjunction with the State Department of Education to review and adopt brain and spinal cord injury prevention curricula, as specified, for use, on a voluntary basis, by school districts maintaining kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Requires the resource center to notify school districts regarding the availability of the approved curriculum.
Title: A.B. 1879
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires every school to permit any pupil with diabetes to test his or her blood glucose levels either in classrooms or very close to classrooms. Requires every school to comply with the universal precautions and requirements for handling and disposing of contaminated sharps, as prescribed by regulations adopted by the Department of Industrial Relations.
Title: S.B. 1320
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Establishes, until 1/1/2006, a committee to conduct a three-year study relating to school nurses and pupil health. Appoints and convenes the committee by the Superintendent of Public Instruction who would ensure that the committee is broadly representative of interested parties.
Title: A.B. 2670
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Encourages the Regents of the University of California to convene, to the extent that sufficient annual funds are provided for this purpose, a panel of experts, consisting of representatives from specified entities to develop guidelines and recommendations for the identification and treatment of childhood mental disorders and related issues.
Title: A.B. 2068
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Relates to services to pupils. Requires the governing board of each school district and the county superintendent of schools, as part of the process of making the application for participation in the free or reduced-price meal program available, to also include a request form that parents may use to request information concerning the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program.
Title: A.B. 1735
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Requires a specified program of training in the handling and application of pesticides by school employees, as defined. Requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to prepare and distribute to all school districts material that may be used to train school employees, as specified by 07/01/2001.
Title: A.B. 786
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | P-12 | Establishes the Healthy Schools Act of 2000. Requires that the state take the necessary steps, pursuant to specified provisions, to facilitate the adoption of effective least toxic pest management practices at school sites
Title: A.B. 2260
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Authorizes a pharmacy to furnish epinephrine auto-injectors to a school district or county office of education if certain conditions are met. Requires the school district or county office of education to maintain records regarding the acquisition and disposition of epinephrine auto-injectors furnished by the pharmacy for a period of three years from the date the records were created.
Title: A.B. 1791
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12 | Adds hepatitis A to the diseases specified for total immunization, as specified, effective 07/01/03, except with regard to pupils who were admitted before 07/01/03, and would authorize the State Department of Health Services to adopt emergency regulations to implement this requirement.
Title: A.B. 1594
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2000 | P-12 | Chapter No.265, Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to adopt a system that will shield the identity of and provide to pupils who report the presence of injurious objects on school campuses that offer instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
Title: A.B. 800
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2000 | P-12 | Authorizes, as of 1/1/2001, an individual program of professional growth to include a course in first aid that meets or exceeds the standards established by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or the Emergency Medical Services Authority. Provides that the first aid course may count toward the 150 hour professional growth requirement.
Title: S.B. 1733
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Delays the mandatory requirement that all kindergarten enrollees have a documented screening for lead poisoning for admission or continued enrollment.
Title: S.B. 405
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Requires that all school children, prior to the first grade, shall be given an eye examination by a physician or an optometrist.
Title: H.B. 6711
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Existing law requires the governing board or a district and county superintendent to make applications for free or reduced-price meals available to students at all times during the school day. This bill encourages school districts and county superintendents of schools in making available these applications, to include information that parents may use to request information about the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Requires students attending special schools for the deaf and blind to be tested at least once every two years for tuberculosis, with the cost, if any, to be borne by the parent or guardian of the student.
Title: A.B. 2877
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Relates to health care; relates to kidney dialysis patients; relates to the Children's Medical Services Program; relates to the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program; relates to Biomedical Research Program within the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund; develops an immunization registry; provides for the electronic transfer of records between health care professionals and other agencies; relates to a person who provides services under a school health services plan for purposes of background screening.
Title: S.B. 2034
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Allows health records to be provided to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; creates a disproportionate share program for children's hospitals; relates to Medicaid provider agreements with school districts; funds graduate medical education; relates to contracts with prepaid health services providers; increases provider surety bond requirements; prohibits interim rate adjustments based on increased cost of liability insurance; relates to skilled nursing facilities and home health care.
Title: H.B. 2329
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Establishes the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps scholarship program to help low-wage early childhood staff obtain further training;relates to health care assistance for children (Medikids); provides for dental benefits under the Florida Kidcare program; provides for assistance to families in evaluating summer recreation and day camp programs; increases family income limits for subsidized child care; relates to federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding; relates to child care facility licensing.
Title: S.B. 212
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | 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 School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act; requires the State Board of Education to fund a breakfast incentive program, subject to appropriation, whereby the State Board of Education is allowed to reimburse sponsors of school breakfast programs, to make grants to school boards and certain schools or other sites.
Title: H.B. 2379
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Public Act No. 91-842., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district provides early periodic screening and diagnostic testing services to correct or improve health impairments of Medicaid eligible children.
Title: H.B. 2067
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Public Act No. 91-719., Amends the School Code; allows a school board to permit a school employee that is a non-certificated registered professional nurse to administer medication to students; effective immediately.
Title: H.B. 2977
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | Public Act No., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to access federally funded health care resources if the school district provides early periodic screening and diagnostic testing services to correct or improve health impairments of Medicaid eligible children.
Title: H.B. 2067
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Vetoed 06/2000 | P-12 | Enacts the Oklahoma Youth Smoking Prevention Act; defines terms and creates the Youth Smoking Prevention Fund.
Title: H.B. 2313
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Act No. 80., Creates the Commission on Psychiatric Medication of School-Age Children.
Title: H.R. 1079
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Enables the Department of Health to enforce school health requirements more uniformly by replacing statutory requirements for documentation of immunizations, physicals, and tuberculosis examinations with administrative rules.
Title: H.B. 2521
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Relates to tobacco use prevention and control, especially among youth; establishes an initiative; creates a department and a commission on tobacco use prevention and control; provides an effective date.
Title: H.B. 2565
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2000 | Postsec. | Requires students living in on-campus student housing to receive a vaccination for menigococcal disease or sign a specified waiver; provides that the institutions of higher education are not required to provide or pay for the vaccinations.
Title: S.B. 653
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Public Acts 89, 90, 91. Relates to conditions of school aid; requires immunization status assessment for children entering sixth grade.
Title: H.B. 5291, H.B. 5292, H.B. 5293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Prohibits school districts from using disbursements from the Education Trust Fund as unanticipated revenue.
Title: H.B. 1316
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health And Senior Services to establish public awareness campaign about meningitis; requires all institutions of higher education to notify prospective students about meningitis vaccination.
Title: S.B. 808
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12 | Provides for a school environmental health clearinghouse on the Department of Health's website; provides for the development of a model school environmental health policy; requires an annual audit of school buildings and grounds; requires a maintenance schedule for ventilation and heating systems; requires implementation of integrated pest management; provides for isolation of toxic material that cannot be removed; provides for emergency response.
Title: H.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Vetoed 04/2000 | P-12 | Creates the Tobacco Education Prevention Advisory Council consisting of 16 members, to serve no more than two consecutive five year terms.
Title: H.B. 2316
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Permits tobacco products on school campuses and at school-related events when they are in the possession of an adult as a necessary component of a school-sponsored tobacco prevention or cessation program.
Title: H.B. 2558
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Act No. 655., Creates the Peachcare for Kids Program (children's health insurance); changes the provisions relating to eligibility; provides for Department of Education and local boards of education cooperation and assistance regarding the program.
Title: H.B. 1214
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Requires school districts to identify and abate unsafe and unhealthy conditions in schools in the district; creates a School Safety and Health Revolving Loan Fund from which school districts can borrow money from the state of Idaho to abate unsafe and unhealthy conditions in schools.
Title: H.B. 668
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Requires immunization certificates for hepatitis B for sixth grade school children; provides that the requirement will sunset following the 2008-2009 school year; provides for promulgation of administrative regulation.
Title: H.B. 564
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt regulations to require children entering a school to have been administered a blood test screening for lead poisoning at a specified time; requires public schools in Baltimore City to report on blood test screenings administered; requires physicians to administer blood test screenings for lead poisoning when treating children under the age of 5 years in a hospital or related institutions.
Title: H.B. 1221
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2000 | Postsec. | Requires certain students enrolled in institutions of higher education to receive a certain vaccination or sign a certain waiver; requires parent or guardian of the student to sign waiver if the student is a minor; requires Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in cooperation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, to adopt regulations; states that certain institutions shall not be required to pay for vaccinations for meningococcal disease.
Title: H.B. 227
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | (LD 1261); Requires unlicensed school personnel to be trained before administering medication to students in Maine's public schools and approved private schools.
Title: S.B. 424
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Became law without governor's signature 04/2000 | P-12 | Requires proof of testing for elevated blood lead levels in the comprehensive physical examination required for first time admission to public kindergarten or elementary school, for welfare recipients' children, and for child day centers.
Title: S.B. 725
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Provides an exception from the Drug Control Act for persons who administer drugs to students in Virginia public schools in accordance with a physician's instructions pertaining to dosage, frequency, and manner of administration and with written authorization of a parent, and in accordance with school board regulations relating to training, security, and record keeping.
Title: H.B. 1391
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Public Act 10., Relates to students and education; allows students to possess and use inhalers for asthma at school; exempts school personnel from liability under certain circumstances; requires permission of the parents and physician; requires the principal or chief administrator to be informed.
Title: S.B. 631
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Public Act 9., Relates to education; revises qualified immunity for administering medication in public schools for certain school employees.
Title: S.B. 614
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to the tobacco fund settlement; creates the Teen Tobacco Education and Prevention Project; creates a committee and a fund; harmonizes provisions; repeals the original sections.
Title: L.B. 1436
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Authorizes the Department of Human Services to develop and implement programs aimed at reducing the use of tobacco by youth; accepts and expends private contributions therefor.
Title: H.B. 1243
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Vetoed 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to public schools; modifies the instruction requirements pertaining to community and personal health, physiology, personal hygiene, and the prevention of communicable disease curriculum taught in grades eight through 12; relates to abstinence education.
Title: H.B. 411
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Allows school principals, after certain conditions have been satisfied, to permit students who have a diagnosis of asthma and approval from a parent and appropriate medical professionals to possess and self-administer inhaled asthma medications.
Title: H.B. 1010
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Requires a varicella immunization for school entry.
Title: S.B. 42
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Provides for coordinated school health program; requires program to include, but not be limited to, school nurses, health education, school nutrition services, a health school environment, and school counseling, psychological and social services.
Title: H.B. 674
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12 | Allows licensed nurse practitioner acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide a report of a comprehensive physical examination within the 12 months prior to the date the pupil first enters such public kindergarten or elementary school.
Title: S.B. 437
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 11/1999 | P-12 | Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop a manual regarding best management practices for achieving healthy indoor air quality in schools and distribute the manual to every school district. Requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to facilitate the adoption of an integrated pest management program & develop criteria for California Schools to adopt a least hazardous pest control practices.
Title: A.B. 1207
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Approved by voters 11/1999 | P-12 | BALLOT NO. 2 (HB640-1999); Establishes the Millennium Trust and the Louisiana Fund in the State Treasury; provides that the source of monies deposited shall be monies received under the Master Settlement Agreement approved by Consent Decree in the "Tobacco Settlement" case; establishes the Health Excellence Fund, the Education Excellence Fund and the TOPS Fund as special funds within the Millennium Trust; authorizes investment of a percentage of such monies in stock.
Title: V. 2
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 11/1999 | P-12 | Public Act 187., Prohibits school district employees promoting or marketing performance enhancing dietary supplements to students; also applies to volunteers; provides definitions.
Title: S.B. 706
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/1999 | P-12 | Revises and recasts related definitions, and would prohibit the governing board of a school district from approving a project for construction of a new school building unless a school district contracts with an environmental assessor to conduct a certified Phase 1 environmental assessment; a preliminary assessment report must be prepared if the Phase 1 assessment recommends that further investigation be conducted or if the Department of Toxic Substances Control so orders.
Title: S.B. 162
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed by governor 10/1999 | P-12 | Relates to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act, under which an eligible school district may receive funding for new construction of school facilities. Provides that in addition to this funding for new construction and subject to certain limitations, that funding may be provided for 50% of the cost of evaluation of hazardous materials, as defined, at a site to be acquired by the school district and for 50% of the response cost for removal of hazardous waste.
Title: A.B. 387
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 10/1999 | P-12 | Requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to develop standards and guidelines for protecting children's health at all school sites Requires the guidelines specifically to address the impacts of toxic exposure on children's health and learning abilities.
Title: S.B. 993
Source: California State Assembly
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| CA | Vetoed 10/1999 | P-12 | Requires the State Allocation Board, by January 1, 2001, to adopt regulations to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether school sites are clean and free of all hazardous material. The program would involve 100 school sites.
Title: A.B. 137
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 10/1999 | P-12 | Authorizes the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to include school-based health centers as traditional and safety net providers that meet certain requirements. Provides guidelines for the creation of school-based and school-linked health centers, providing comprehensive primary care to students in public school. Establishes requirements and guidelines for those providers, and sets forth student rights and responsibilities.
Title: A.B. 1363
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/1999 | P-12 | Authorizes pupils afflicted with severe asthma to carry and use a prescribed inhaler during the school day if authorized by a physician or other health care provider.
Title: A.B. 6909
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/1999 | P-12 | Relates to student health centers for public school campuses.
Title: H.B. 2202
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/1999 | P-12 | Prohibits a school district employee from selling, marketing, or distributing, or endorsing or suggesting the ingestion, intranasal application or inhalation of, dietary supplements that contain performance-enhancing compounds to any elementary or secondary student with which the employee has contact as part of his/her employment. Imposes criminal penalties for violations.
Title: H.B. 3420
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed by governor 06/1999 | P-12 | Provides that a school district may, if it identifies a need, create a school-based health center for the delivery of health care services for students and their families and may compete for state grants to assist with funding for the program. The center may only provide health services after receiving written consent from a parent. The categories of services could include family and home support; health care, including immunizations; dental care; health education; and preventive health strategies. Reproductive services, counseling or referrals may not be provided.
"The commissioner of public health shall administer a program under which grants are awarded to assist school districts operating health centers. A school district grant may not exceed $250,000 per biennium. The district must also provide matching funds for this program.
Title: H.B. 2202
Source: "Advocate," Summer 1999
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1999 | Postsec. | Requires colleges to advise students and their parents or guardians of the increased risk of meningococcal disease in students who live in dormitories and of the availability of vaccination against such risk.
Title: H.B. 2136
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 11/1998 | P-12 | Teenage mothers who participate in the CalSAFE will be able to complete their general education courses and receive prenatal and parenting education.
Title: S.B. 1064
Source: "EDCAL"
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| CA | Signed into law 11/1998 | P-12 | Provides grants to programs designed to prevent teenage pregnancy.
Title: A.B. 2645
Source: "EDCAL"
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| CA | Signed into law 11/1998 | P-12 | Enables continuation schools to provide parenting and pregnant students to enroll in independent study without being counted toward the 10% cap on independent study students.
Title: A.B. 1736
Source: "EDCAL"
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| AL | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | Provides for registered nurses to be employed in the public schools; makes an appropriation.
Title: S.B. 423
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | Relates to pesticide buffer zones; charter schools, public schools, and health care facilities cannot be located within specific distances of agricultural land that is subject to the application of pesticides; child care facility licenses can be revoked if they affect agricultural land that is subject to pesticides. If certain requirements are met, child care facilities can be licensed if they are within a buffer zone.
Title: S.B. 1300
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12 | Establishes the School Nurse Incentive Grants Program and Fund, to be administered by the Board of Education, to be disbursed to award matching grants to school boards to employ, or contract with local health departments for, nursing services to achieve the ratio of at least one nurse per 750 students in the relevant school division.
Title: H.B. 1060 School Nurse Incentive Grants Program
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| FL | Died 04/1998 | P-12 | Requires Education Department consultation with Health Department; provides staff requirement for school health services program; provides for use of funds; provides for reports.
Title: S.B. 430 School Health Services
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/1998 | P-12 | Defines terms including employee health care services person; prohibits any Board of Education, Superintendent of schools, or School Administrator from requiring, directing, authorizing, or allowing an employee to perform those health care services by an appropriate licensing agency or board, except allow a licensed registered nurse to teach, delegate, and supervise the provision of health care.
Title: H.B. 189 Health Care Services
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SC | Signed into law 04/1998 | P-12 | Authorizes licensed paractical nurses to provide certain services in residential settings and public schools without the on-site supervision of a nurse, doctor, or dentist if certain procedures are followed. NOTE BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE.
Title: H.B. 4358 Licensed Nurses
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 03/1998 | P-12 | School district boards can no longer adopt exemptions from the prohibition against the use of tobacco on school property and all exemptions previously granted by school boards are invalidated. Statute 25-14-103.5 had allowed school boards to exempt schools from prohibiting tobacco on school property if extraordinary circumstances existed.
Title: H.B. 1139 Tobacco Prohibition
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/1998 | P-12 | Establishes the Task Force on Diabetes and the Schools to develop guidelines on appropriate and efficient means of providing for the needs of students with Diabetes in the school setting; appropriates funds.
Title: S.B. 90
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MO | Died 05/1997 | P-12 | Establishes the Healthy Missouri Children Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation to provide health insurance coverage for children who are not covered by Medicaid or private insurance. The corporation is authorized to determine eligibility requirements, set premiums on a sliding scale, and provide services at local schools. Appropriates funds, defines corporation board members, exempts from public disclosure certain records and financial information.
Title: H.B. 811 Healthy Missouri Children Corporation
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules regarding school personnel administering prescription and nonprescription medication to students and for student self medication; requires school district boards to adopt policies and procedures consistent with rules; changes the standard for liability for misadministration of medication to gross negligence from ordinary negligence.
Title: H.B. 2535 Administration of Medication to Students
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| IN | Died 04/1997 | P-12 | Requires health care providers who are responsible for the primary health care of children between 6 months and 6 years of age to conduct periodic blood lead testing on these children. Requires child care centers, child homes, and child care ministries to require blood lead testing as a condition of admission of children. Requires that chldren must have blood lead tests performed before enrolling in school. Requires the state department of health to establish a state accreditation licensing program.
Title: H.B. 1181 Primary Health Care
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | Passed 04/1997 | P-12 | Declares the month of May 1997 as Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Month. Designates Thursday, May 1, 1997, as kickoff date.
Title: SR 43 Teenage Pregnancy
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12 | Relates to tobacco policies for schools; provides that to protect children in the public schools of this state from exposure to the addictive substance of nicotine, and each school District Board of Directors shall have policy prohibiting the use of all tobacco products on public school property.
Title: H.B. 1081 Tobacco Products on Public School Property
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Died 02/1997 | P-12 | Provides for a Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Coordinator within the Department of Education; requires high school students that are parents to attend parenting classes as part of the comprehensive school health education curriculum.
Title: S.B. 2086 Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Coordination
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Died 02/1997 | P-12 | Prohibits teachers from being required to perform nonemergency helth-related asssistance to students unless such duties are included in the contract.
Title: S.B. 885 Teacher Contracts and Health-Related Assistance to Students
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SC | Signed into law 06/1996 | P-12 | Provides that local school boards may make school district facilities smoke free and provides an exception for governmental entities that had a nonsmoking policy in effect before 8/1/90. Revises sentencing guideline for the misdemeanor of tobacco product sales to minors. Relates to Clean Indoor Air Act of 1990.
Title: H.B. 3201 Smoke free school districts
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Became law without governor's signature 05/1996 | P-12 | Provides that it is unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to smoke tobacco in, on, or within 1000 feet of the real property comprising a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight. Provides a civil penalty not to exceed $250 or 50 hours of community service for violations.
Title: S.B. 322 Under 18 and Smoking Tobacco
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Passed 04/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 04/22/96) Adds the requirement of hepatitis B vaccine and varicella vaccine to the list of immunizations currently required of students enrolled in public and private schools from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, to phased in grade by grade beginning with preschool enterers in the year 2000 and including all grades by the year 2013.
Title: COMAR 10.06.04.03 School Health Services and Required Immunizations Before Entry into Schools
Source:
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| FL | Passed 03/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 03/20/96) Provides definitions and requirements related to district and school operation of teenage parent programs. Prescribes requirements of teenage parent programs to document academic assistance and support provided in a student support and assistance component. Provides specific services and provides access to a school day to students served in teenage parent programs.
Title: FAC 6A-6.0525 Teenage Parent Programs
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 03/05/96) Delays mandatory employment of school nurses.
Title: H.B. 29 School Nurses
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Died 02/1996 | P-12 | Requires that the school district or the State Schools for the Handicapped receive written permission from the parent or guardian of a pupil prior to providing a pupil with AIDS prevention instruction. Also requires that the written notice to parents or guardians regarding AIDS prevention instruction also include an accurate summary of the content of the instruction.
Title: A.B. 2248 AIDS Prevention Instruction
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Died 02/1996 | P-12 | Prohibiting school health programs administered in Baltimore City public schools from dispensing Norplant, and allowing public school health programs to refer students who inquire about Norplant to community based health centers.
Title: H.B. 436 School Based Clinics and Birth Control
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 02/1996 | P-12 | Relates to public education; requiring local school boards to implement rules for abnormal spinal curvature examinations; providing for exemptions; and making technical corrections.
Title: H.B. 10 Health Rules
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Passed 01/1996 | P-12 | (Effective: 01/01/96) Establishes the Adolescent Parent Program Demonstration for pregnant or parenting teens under the age of 16 to participate in the JOBS Teen Parent initiative/Young Parent Services employment and training program effective August 1, 1995, designed to evaluate whether mandating pregnant or parenting individuals under age 16 to participate in the Teen Parent Initiative/Young Parent Servicees under the Job Opportunities Parent Sercices under the Job Opportunities and Vasic and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program will assist these individuals in obtaining a high school diploma or the equivalent and preparing for work. Expires 06/01/96.
Title: Aid to Families With Dependent 89 IAC 112.71, 112.73
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | Relates to teen pregnancy prevention as part of students-at-risk of failure health education curriculum.
Title: S.B. 2678 Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Died 01/1996 | P-12 | States that Scoliosis screening be required in schools.
Title: H.B. 211 Health Practices in School
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 06/1995 | P-12 | Expands the Healthy Steps Program to children up to the age of 18.
Title: H.B. 6132 Health
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Became law without governor's signature 06/1995 | P-12 | (Effective: 06/30/95) Requires all schools to have available an EpiPen which automatically injects epinephrine into body to counteract allergic reactions and that all school teachers be instructed in its use and location within the school building; provides that immunity for ordinary negligence in the use of the pen is provided.
Title: H.B. 6898 Availability of EpiPen in School Building Became law without GOVERNOR's signature
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 04/1994 | P-12 | (Effective: 04/19/94) The General Assembly finds that many of the schools in this state permit the use of tobacco in and around school property. The General Assembly further finds that second hand smoke generated by such activity and the negative example set and frequently imitated by our school children are detrimental to the health and well being of such children as well as to school teachers, staff, and visitors. Accordingly, the General Assembly finds and declares that it is appropriate to create a safe and healthy school environment by prohibiting the use of tobacco products on all school property. (An Act, 1994)
Title: S.B. 94-100 Prohibition Against the Use of Tobacco at Schools
Source: CO State Legislature
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| MS | Signed into law 04/1994 | P-12 | Prescribes components of school Health Education Program; requires school health nurses. (Statenet 4/9/94)
Title: H.B. 1019 Health Education Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/1994 | P-12 | Relates to clean indoor air in public schools; prohibits smoking in the public schools of the Commonwealth, effective July 1, 1995.
Title: H.B. 249 - School Facilities
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/1994 | P-12 | Changes provisions relating to health services provided by school districts; makes technical revisions to provisions relating to health services provided by school districts. (Statenet 3/30/94)
Title: H.B. 2743 (Health Services in schools)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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