Ch. 331

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 331
(House Bill 358)

AN ACT concerning

Public Schools - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk

Behavior Surveillance System

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Board Department of Education to establish
procedures for the administration of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey; authorizing the
State Board Department to omit certain sections of the survey questions under
certain circumstances; requiring the Department to require a local school
system to obtain certain parental consent; establishing certain requirements for
a certain parental consent form; and generally relating to the administration of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior
Surveillance System survey.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 7-420

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

7-420.

(A)     THE STATE BOARD DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SURVEY.

(B)     THE STATE BOARD DEPARTMENT MAY OMIT A SECTION OF THE SURVEY IF
THE STATE BOARD CONSIDERS THE CONTENT WITHIN THAT SECTION AS
INAPPROPRIATE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE-THIRD OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS IF
THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS THE CONTENT OF THE QUESTIONS INAPPROPRIATE.

(C) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM TO
OBTAIN PARENTAL CONSENT USING A PARENTAL CONSENT FORM BEFORE
ADMINISTERING THE SURVEY.

(2) THE PARENTAL CONSENT FORM SHALL INCLUDE A STATEMENT
THAT EXPLAINS HOW A PARENT CAN OBTAIN SAMPLE QUESTIONS A COPY OF THE
SURVEY QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED AND MORE INFORMATION
REGARDING THE SURVEY, EXCLUDING THE MAILING ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER
AND WEBSITE ADDRESS OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

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