2013 Maryland Code
EDUCATION
§ 7-411 - Drug education program
§7-411.
(a) The State Board shall develop and implement a program of drug education in the public schools.
(b) (1) This program shall be started before the sixth grade in each public school by teachers who are trained in the field of drug education.
(2) The State Board shall establish standards for determining how a teacher is considered to be “trained in the field of drug education” for the purposes of this section.
(c) This program shall be coordinated with other State agencies that are responsible for drug abuse education and control.
§ 7-411 - 1. Dating violence and diabetes treatment and prevention lessons in health education curriculum.
(a) In general. -- The State Board shall encourage the county boards to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on dating violence, diabetes and its treatment and prevention, oral disease prevention, and dental health promotion into the county boards' health education curriculum.
(b) Reports. -- On or before December 1, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, the Department shall report to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly a summary of the information reported to the State Superintendent during the COMAR certification process.
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