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OH SB118
Bill
Status
5/17/2011
Primary Sponsor
Cliff Hite
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AI Summary
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Changes body mass index (BMI) screening requirements from mandatory to optional for public schools, chartered nonpublic schools, community schools, and STEM schools in kindergarten, third grade, fifth grade, and ninth grade.
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Removes the waiver process for schools unable to comply with BMI screening requirements, making screenings voluntary for all schools instead.
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Requires the Department of Education to report annual participation rates (rather than compliance rates) of schools choosing to implement BMI screenings.
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Maintains privacy protections, parental notification requirements, and confidentiality of individual screening results for schools that elect to conduct BMI screenings.
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Adds new sections allowing community schools and STEM schools to optionally screen students for BMI and weight status category while following the same procedures required of school district boards of education.
Legislative Description
To make schools' implementation of body mass index screenings optional.
Schools-body mass index screenings-optional
Last Action
Passed 3rd Consideration House
5/17/2011