COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 470
(By Senator Lucht)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 3, 1994.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven-b,
relating to requiring the state board of education to
prescribe programs in drug prevention and violence reduction
beginning in elementary schools; and requiring a report to
the legislative oversight commission on education
accountability by the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-five.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
seven-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-7b. Programs in drug prevention and violence reduction.
In order for the schools to become healthy learning
environments and to provide a strong defense against drug use and
violence, the state board of education shall prescribe programs
within the existing health and physical education program which
teach resistance and life skills to counteract societal and peer
pressure to use drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and shall include
counselors, teachers and staff in full implementation of the
program. The board shall also prescribe programs to coordinate
violence reduction efforts in schools and between schools and
their communities and to train students, teachers, counselors and
staff in conflict resolution skills. The program shall be
comprehensive, interdisciplinary and shall begin in elementary
school. The state board shall report to the legislative
oversight commission on education accountability on the status of
the programs no later than the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-five.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the state
board of education to prescribe programs in drug prevention and
violence reduction and to require a report on the programs to the
legislative oversight commission on education accountability by
July 1, 1995.)