177

Public Chapter 177

Requires elementary and secondary schools to provide annually information about meningococcal disease to parents and guardians of students.

49-6-5005
49-13-111
49-50-802
49-6-3050
68-1-1202

194

Public Chapter 194

Authorizes LEAs to complete a health report card on each child enrolled within their school system whose parents have not requested exclusion from body mass index (BMI) testing within 90 days of the beginning of each school year. Permissive.

Title 49, Chapter 6

219

Public Chapter 219

Allows student with anaphylaxis to self-administer medication while on school property or at school-related events if such student meets certain requirements.

49-5-415

291

Public Chapter 291

Encourages school districts to implement a program to maintain and improve air quality in schools. Requires the Department of Education to conduct a survey of local school districts on air quality issues.

Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1

Public
Chapter
Number

Senate & House Bill Numbers

Description / Action Required / Senate and House Sponsors

Effective Date

542

SB2658
HB3870

Allows students with diabetes to possess sharps on their person upon written request of parent or guardian. 
(S: Black; H: Armstrong) 

4/24/06

756

SB3918
HB4039

Prohibits local education agencies from denying admission to homeless children based on a lack of academic records or immunization records, thus aligning state law with federal statute.  (S: Kyle; H: McMillan)

5/23/06

1001

SB3991
HB3750

Requires school districts to implement 90 minutes of physical activity per week for students in grades K-12. Expands the Coordinated School Health Program to all school districts in the state. The Department of Education to provide technical assistance to LEAs during the 2006-2007 school year for implementation of physical activity requirement and coordinated school health program beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. 

(S: Herron; H: Fitzhugh)

6/27/06