§70-1210.195. Dissemination of meningococcal meningitis
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A. At the beginning of each school year, when the board of education of a school district provides information on immunizations, infectious disease, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six through twelve, the board shall include information about meningococcal meningitis. The information shall include at least the causes and symptoms of meningococcal meningitis, how it is spread, sources for additional information about meningococcal meningitis, and the availability, effectiveness, and risks of vaccination against the disease.
B. The State Department of Education, in cooperation with the State Department of Health, shall develop and make available to school districts information that meets the requirements of subsection A of this section. The State Department of Education shall develop and make the information available in the most cost- effective and programmatically effective manner available as determined by the Department, which shall at a minimum include posting the information on the Department’s website. Added by Laws 2006, c. 142, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.