§ 37-11-8. Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education to develop and implement the Healthier School Initiative; purpose; financial incentives to certain schools; eligibility criteria to participate in HealthierUS School Challenge
The Office of Healthy Schools of the State Department of Education shall develop and implement the Healthier School Initiative, consistent with the HealthierUS School Challenge developed by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered through its Food and Nutrition Service, to facilitate healthy choices and practices by local school districts through the promotion of […]
§ 37-11-9. Payment by school board of medical expenses for injuries sustained in athletic activities; purchase of hospitalization insurance
The board of trustees of any school district is authorized and empowered to pay out of the athletic fund or funds obtained from athletic activities all of the actual medical expenses evidenced by itemized bills of account, for injuries sustained by any regularly enrolled student while participating in athletic activities considered a part of any […]
§ 37-11-11. Furnishing of instruction and training for hospitalized children
For the purposes of this section, the term “hospital” shall include community-based programs and facilities licensed or approved by the Department of Mental Health for treatment of chemical substance use and abuse. When five (5) or more children of educable mind between the ages of six (6) and twenty-one (21) years who are capable of […]
§ 37-11-13. Employment of education personnel suffering from tuberculosis
No person suffering from tuberculosis in an infectious or communicable stage will be employed in any school in this state, public or private, as an administrator, teacher, secretary, janitor, cook in lunchroom, bus driver, or in any other capacity.