HB2195 H DA AM #1
CR 3338
The Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse moved to amend the bill on page 1, by striking everything after the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“That §18-2-7b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-7b. Programs in drug prevention and violence reduction.
(a) 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 July 1, 1995
(b) No later than the start of the 2017-2018 school year, a county board shall implement comprehensive drug awareness and prevention programs for students in grades K through 12 to receive instruction regarding the dangers of substance abuse. The purpose of the drug awareness and prevention program is to:
(1) Keep students from illegally using alcohol, tobacco or other drugs;
(2) Reduce or eliminate the incidence and prevalence of student’s alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse;
(3) Reduce the factors that place students at risk of abusing alcohol, tobacco or other drugs through school and a community based planning processes;
(4) Contribute to the development of school environments and alternative activities that are alcohol, tobacco and drug-free;
(5) Increase the knowledge and skills of students, staff and community members for avoiding the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and drug use, and of blood borne pathogens;
(6) Actively involve staff, students, parents and community members in the development and implementation of the drug awareness and prevention program plans;
(7) Facilitate an understanding and appreciation of the risks to, duties of, and likely actions by law-enforcement officers when conducting investigations; and
(8) Instruct how to respond to an officer during a vehicular or other stop or police interaction, including problematic or dangerous action and behaviors that could result in a person being detained or arrested.
(c) The county board shall coordinate the delivery of instruction to meet the purposes of subsection (b) of this section with educators, drug rehabilitation specialists and law-enforcement agencies to periodically provide age appropriate student education on their experiences with the impacts of illegal alcohol and drug use.
Adopted
Rejected