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Providing for rehabilitation services for public school students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled substances
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School boards could now require students to join a rehabilitation program instead of just suspending or expelling them for using tobacco, alcohol, or drugs. To help with this, state agencies will create and share a list of approved programs that schools can use.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, a school board may suspend or expel a student for a violation of a school board rule prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance by any student. This bill provides that as an additional option, a school board may require the student to participate in a rehabilitation program designated by the board. The bill requires the department of health and human services, in consultation with the department of education, to establish and maintain a list of organizations that administer rehabilitation programs suitable for participation by students for this purpose. The department of health and human services shall make the list available to the department of education, which shall disseminate the list to school districts.