“HB58 goes before the House Education Committee and addresses student use of alcohol, tobacco, electronic cigarette products and other substances through education and prevention programs as well as discipline policies. Among other things, the bill would require local school boards to adopt discipline policies to address possession and use of electronic cigarette products on school grounds; rename the Underage Drinking Prevention Program the Underage Drinking and Substance Abuse Prevention Program; and add a requirement to teach a school-based prevention program for students in fourth and fifth grades.”
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Utah House committee to discuss e-cigarettes in schools
HOUSE BILL
H.B. 58 Electronic Cigarettes in Schools Amendments
UPDATE [HB58 Passed]: “A committee unanimously passed a bill that would establish clearer policies for vaping on school property and empower schools to create programs to tackle student usage of cigarettes and other negative behaviors through prosocial intervention.”
Committee passes bill to empower schools to tackle e-cigarette usage
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