Pupil instruction: health framework: heat illness.
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Overview
This bill requires the Instructional Quality Commission to update the ‘Health Framework for California Public Schools’ to include specific content on preventing and responding to heat illness among students. The framework should consider guidance from the State Department of Public Health and the California Interscholastic Federation. This aims to ensure schools are prepared to recognize and address heat-related health issues in students.
Key provisions
- The Instructional Quality Commission must revise the ‘Health Framework’ to address heat illness.
- The revision must include prevention measures, signs and symptoms, and responses to heat illness.
- The Commission should consider guidance from the State Department of Public Health.
- The Commission should consider policies from the California Interscholastic Federation.
- ‘Prevention of heat illness’ includes staying cool, hydrated, and informed.
- ‘Recognizing the signs and symptoms’ includes symptoms like flushed face, nausea, and dizziness.
- ‘Responding to signs and symptoms’ includes stopping activity, seeking shade, and notifying adults.
- The bill adds Section 51900.4 to the Education Code.
Who is affected
- Students
- School staff
- Instructional Quality Commission
- State Board of Education
- California Public Schools
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