00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 151(EDC)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to head lice and bacterial conjunctivitis in public schools; and                                       
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 14.30.144. Head lice and bacterial conjunctivitis policy in public                                    
06       schools. Each school district shall adopt a policy regarding                                                    
07                 (1)  students with live head lice; and                                                                  
08                 (2)  bacterial conjunctivitis.                                                                          
09    * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.144 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
10 (b)  A school district that has not adopted a policy under (a)(1) of this section                                       
11 shall allow a student found with live head lice to remain in the student's classroom                                    
12 until the end of the school day, but following that school day the student may not                                      
13 return to the classroom until a school nurse or the school nurse's designee, or other                                   
14 health care provider if the school does not employ a school nurse, has inspected the                                    

01       student's hair and confirmed the absence of live head lice. Upon discovering live head                            
02       lice in a student's hair, the student's school shall                                                              
03                 (1)  provide the student's parent or guardian with information on how to                                
04       treat head lice; and                                                                                              
05                 (2)  notify the parent or guardian of each student in the classroom of the                              
06       head lice in a manner that protects each student's privacy.                                                       
07 (c)  A school district that has not adopted a policy under (a)(2) of this section                                       
08 shall require a student found to have bacterial conjunctivitis to immediately leave the                                 
09 student's classroom and may not allow the student to return to school for at least 24                                   
10 hours after starting medical treatment for the bacterial conjunctivitis. Upon                                           
11 discovering that a student has bacterial conjunctivitis, the student's school shall notify                              
12 the parent or guardian of each student in the classroom of the bacterial conjunctivitis                                 
13       in a manner that protects each student's privacy.                                                                 
14            (d)  In this section, "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.350.                               
15    * Sec. 3. Section 2 of this Act takes effect 180 days after the effective date of sec. 1 of this                   
16 Act.