Chapter
080
2007 -- S 0081 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/22/07
A N A
C T
RELATING TO EDUCATION
- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
Introduced By: Senators
Sosnowski, Perry, Gibbs, Miller, and Raptakis
Date Introduced: January
23, 2007
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 16-21-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-21 entitled "Health
and
Safety
of Pupils" is hereby amended to read as follows:
16-21-7.
School health. -- (a) All schools that are approved for the purpose of
sections
16-19-1
and 16-19-2 shall have a school health program which shall be approved by the
state
director
of the department of health and the commissioner of elementary and secondary
education
or the
commissioner of higher education, as appropriate. The program shall provide for
the
organized
direction and supervision of a healthful school environment, health education,
and
services.
The program shall include and provide, within and consistent with existing
school
facilities,
for the administration of nursing care by certified nurse teachers, as defined
in section
16-21-8,
as shall be requested, in writing, by the attending physician of any student
and
authorized,
in writing, by the parent or legal guardian of the student. No instruction in
the
characteristics,
symptoms, and the treatment of disease shall be given to any child whose parent
or
guardian shall present a written statement signed by them stating that the
instructions should
not be given
the child because of religious beliefs.
(b) All Rhode Island elementary, middle and junior high schools that sell or
distribute
beverages
and snacks on their premises, including those sold through vending machines,
shall be
required
to offer healthier beverages effective January 1, 2007, and healthier snacks
effective
January
1, 2008 as defined in chapter 21 of this title.
(c)
All Rhode Island senior high schools that sell or distribute beverages and
snacks on
their
premises, including those sold through vending machines, shall be required to
offer only
healthier
beverages and snacks effective January 1, 2008 as defined in chapter 21 of this
title.
(c)(d) Schools may permit the sale of beverages and snacks that
do not comply with the
above
paragraph as part of school fundraising in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The items are sold by pupils of the school and the sale of those items
takes place off
and away
from the premises of the school.
(2) The items are sold by pupils of the school and the sale of those items
takes place one
hour or
more after the end of the school day.
(3) The items sold during a school sponsored pupil activity after the end of
the school
day.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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