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HB 87 Original 2016 Regular Session Amedee
Abstract: Removes requirement that certain students in approved home study programs provide
evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease.
Present law requires 11-year-old students in approved home study programs to provide evidence of
current immunization against meningococcal disease to the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education (BESE) and requires the state Dept. of Education to notify such students'
parents or legal guardians of such requirement. Proposed law removes present law.
Proposed law retains present law requiring students in public and private schools to provide evidence
of such immunization.
(Amends R.S. 17:170.4(C)(2); Repeals R.S. 17:170.4(A)(1)(c))