HB2258 Summary

• Requires school boards to mandate hernia checks for all high school students participating in interscholastic athletics before participation is allowed.

• Mandates pre-participation physical examination forms for student athletes include a question about family medical history of cancer.

• Requires the Comprehensive Health Education Program to include instruction on testicular cancer in grades 9 through 12.

• Applies to both traditional public school districts and charter schools through separate but identical statutory sections.

• Becomes effective July 1, 2009.