POLICY HB 191 (Rep. Jordan Teuscher) High School Credit Amendments • May use packets for original or replacement credit if LEA approves the packet as instructional material or the State Board recommends the packet. • Students may not use packets to improve a grade. • LEAs must assign a distinct course name and number for credit earned via packets. HB 281 (Rep. Stephanie Gricius) Health Curriculum and Procedures Amendments • “Restricted services” are mental health services provided in a school setting. • An individual providing restricted services must have been appropriately licensed or be supervised by someone with an appropriate license. • LEAs must obtain parental consent before providing restricted services. • Except in an emergency, restricted services may only cover subjects identified by parents. HB 344 (Rep. Mark Strong) School Fees Amendments • Fundraising is NOT a fee. • A student must have a path to obtain a diploma that does not require the student to pay a fee. (Does not require an LEA to provide — fee free — a specific course of program, or the student’s preferred course, activity, etc.) • Non-fee course is a course that generates credit in ELA, health, math, science and social studies. • May not charge a fee for a “non-fee course.” • EXCEPTIONS MATTER — SO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THIS BILL. HB 397 (Rep. Doug Welton) School Fee Waiver Amendments • Trip means school-sponsored travel of two or more nights that requires a fee. • Fee policy must cap total of fee waivers. • Limit waivers to no more than two trips per year. • If the student qualifies for fee waivers and wants to attend more trips, the school must develop a plan. SB 39 (Sen. John Johnson) Educational Testing Amendments • Beginning July 1, 2026, end-of-year standards assessments in the following: ¤ Math tests for grades 3-10. ¤ ELA tests for grades 3-10. ¤ Science tests for grades 4-10. SB 105 (Sen. Jen Plumb) Student Privacy and Modesty in Public Education • Prohibits an LEA from requiring a student to undress in the presence of another • May meet this requirement by providing a space with a curtain or a single occupancy facility. SB 178 (Sen. Lincoln Fillmore) Devices in Public Schools • Students may not use smart watches, phones or tablets during classroom hours. • However, any LEA may adopt policies describing how and when students may have and use smartwatches, phones and tablets in classes. • Classroom hours do NOT include lunch, recess or transit time between classes. SB 223 (Sen. Mike McKell) Public Education Bullying Amendments • Staff/student bullying means intending to cause harm, repeatedly committing a written, verbal or physical act against a student or a school employee, or engaging in a single egregious act toward another employee involving an imbalance of power that: ¤ Creates an environment that a reasonable person would find hostile, threatening or humiliating; and ¤ Substantially interferes with a student’s or employee’s educational or professional performance, opportunities or benefits. • Does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument or peer conflict. 17
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