Legislation

Title: Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects
Sponsored by: Delegate Sydnor
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring that public school personnel, parents, and students receive educational information concerning the health effects of student use of overweight backpacks; authorizing a county board of education to allow Doctors of Chiropractic Medicine to conduct scoliosis examinations on students in the county schools; requiring school personnel to engage parent-teacher associations and students to assess matters concerning students' use of backpacks and to promote certain strategies relating to students' backpack usage; etc.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0164

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2018

Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2018 Legislative Date 1/29/2018 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/30/2018 Legislative Date 1/30/2018 Action Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/13/2018 Legislative Date 2/13/2018 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/19/2018 Legislative Date 2/19/2018 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/29/2018	1/29/2018	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Education - Student Use of Backpacks - Assessment and Reduction of Health Effects
House	1/30/2018	1/30/2018	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
House	2/13/2018	2/13/2018	Hearing canceled
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/19/2018	2/19/2018	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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