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OH HB500
Bill
Status
4/29/2010
Primary Sponsor
Kathleen Chandler
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AI Summary
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Designates May as "Substance Abuse Awareness and Education Month" in Ohio.
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Requires school boards to provide substance abuse education instruction to all students in grades K-12, including a concentrated two-week program during the second and third weeks of May each year.
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Mandates minimum instruction hours: 16 hours for grades K-9 and 8 hours for grades 10-12 during the May concentrated program.
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Requires instruction to cover discouraging alcohol, tobacco, and controlled substance use; physiological and psychological effects; available resources for chemical dependency; media literacy regarding substance advertising; and legal implications of substance abuse.
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Directs the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for developing age-appropriate substance abuse prevention curricula and examination/project requirements, and requires the Department of Education to provide links to free curricula on its website.
Legislative Description
To require public schools to provide concentrated instruction in substance abuse prevention during May, to require the State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for the development of a substance abuse prevention curriculum, and to designate May as "Substance Abuse Awareness and Education Month."
Substance abuse prevention-instruction in schools/recognition of-all during May
Last Action
To Education
4/29/2010