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Yes: 15 • No: 0
VirginiaSB11022025 Regular SessionSenate
Safety First Comprehensive Drug Education Pilot Program; established, report, sunset.
Sponsored By: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Board of Education; programs of instruction; Safety First Comprehensive Drug Education Pilot Program established. Establishes the Safety First Comprehensive Drug Education Pilot Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing public school students scientifically accurate, interactive, and compassionate instruction relating to drugs by providing for the implementation of the Safety First: Comprehensive Drug Education and Intervention Curriculum developed by the Halpern-Felsher REACH Lab in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford Medicine in each public secondary school located in Superintendent's Region 7. The bill requires the Department of Education to (i) coordinate with each school board that governs a school division located in Superintendent's Region 7 to implement such curriculum; (ii) develop guidelines to assist school boards, school administrators, and instructional personnel with the implementation of such curriculum in public secondary schools located in Superintendent's Region 7; and (iii) make available to each such school board any instructional materials, curriculum guidelines, or other resources developed by the Halpern-Felsher REACH Lab for the purpose of implementing and providing instruction based on such curriculum. Finally, the bill requires the Board of Education to amend its regulation relating to the provision of health education program instruction in drugs and drug abuse to require public schools to emphasize drug prevention, intervention, and harm reduction. The Program has a sunset date of July 1, 2027.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 1/28/2025
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Left in Finance and Appropriations
2/5/2025SenateCommittee substitute printed 25105913D-S1
1/28/2025SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1102)
1/23/2025SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
1/20/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
1/7/2025SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103301D
1/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
Substitute
1/28/2025
Introduced
1/7/2025
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